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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	Portugal	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	22,414	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	22,262	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	22,106	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	21,931	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	21,828	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	21,704	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	21,571	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	21,443	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	21,129	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	20,779	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	20,607	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	20,485	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	20,385	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	20,296	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	20,224	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	20,151	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	20,055	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	19,938	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	19,823	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	19,713	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	19,622	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	19,496	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	19,351	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	19,266	3,876

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.