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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosRomaniaBangladeshCape Verde
27322,414132,907422
27422,262135,207430
27522,106137,420438
27621,931139,573447
27821,828141,650455
27921,704143,644463
28021,571145,546471
28121,443147,376478
28221,129149,047486
28320,779150,562494
28520,607152,189501
28620,485153,927509
28720,385155,634516
28820,296157,326524
28920,224158,999531
29020,151160,650539
29120,055162,273546
29119,938163,938553
29219,823165,655562
29319,713167,358568
29419,622169,045574
29419,496170,709580
29519,351172,354585
29519,266174,217590

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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