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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	Romania	Albania	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	3,085	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	3,065	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	3,047	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	3,038	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	3,026	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	3,014	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	2,998	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	2,979	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	2,957	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	2,934	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	2,915	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	2,900	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	2,892	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	2,888	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	2,882	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	2,876	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	2,868	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	2,863	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	2,861	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	2,854	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	2,842	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	2,825	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	2,799	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	2,787	103,574

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, Albania, Vietnam; the database as a whole is cited above.