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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	Puerto Rico	Romania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	22,414	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	22,262	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	22,106	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	21,931	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	21,828	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	21,704	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	21,571	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	21,443	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	21,129	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	20,779	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	20,607	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	20,385	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	20,296	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	20,224	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	20,151	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	20,055	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	19,938	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	19,823	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	19,713	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	19,622	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	19,496	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	19,351	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	19,266	590

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, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.