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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	Australia	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	18,692	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	18,907	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	19,151	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	19,371	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	19,595	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	19,805	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	20,048	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	20,320	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	20,694	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	21,113	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	21,553	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	21,891	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	22,197	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	22,588	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	22,980	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	23,326	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	23,664	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	24,036	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	24,445	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	24,823	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	25,204	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	25,529	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	25,574	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	25,826	46,498

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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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