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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	Bangladesh	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	132,907	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	135,207	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	137,420	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	139,573	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	141,650	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	143,644	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	145,546	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	147,376	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	149,047	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	150,562	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	152,189	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	153,927	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	155,634	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	157,326	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	158,999	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	160,650	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	162,273	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	163,938	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	165,655	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	167,358	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	169,045	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	170,709	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	172,354	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	174,217	3,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.