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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosNepalRomaniaUnited Arab Emirates
27323,08722,4143,101
27423,48722,2623,284
27523,88722,1063,458
27624,27321,9313,613
27824,64521,8283,754
27924,98921,7043,882
28025,25521,5714,000
28125,48421,4434,532
28225,73221,1295,623
28325,99820,7797,277
28526,29820,6078,164
28626,66420,4858,152
28727,08120,3858,438
28827,50520,2968,747
28927,91720,2249,077
29028,31120,1519,321
29128,67820,0559,461
29129,03419,9389,587
29229,38419,8239,699
29329,71819,7139,796
29430,05719,6229,879
29430,59519,4969,953
29531,31119,35110,018
29531,84519,26610,099

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Nepal, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.