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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nepal	Romania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	19,266	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.