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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	Austria	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	8,039	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	8,059	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	8,090	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	8,130	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	8,166	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	8,217	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	8,274	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	8,317	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	8,344	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	8,370	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	8,390	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	8,410	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	8,438	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	8,476	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	8,527	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	8,594	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	8,680	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	8,791	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	8,847	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	8,890	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	8,930	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	8,969	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	9,004	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	9,107	167

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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