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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	51,181	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	52,782	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	54,453	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	56,170	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	57,860	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	59,599	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	61,474	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	63,479	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	65,590	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	67,800	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	70,114	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	72,550	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	75,138	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	77,792	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	80,534	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	83,368	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	86,229	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	89,193	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	92,209	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	95,232	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	98,320	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	101,499	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	104,767	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	108,171	937

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.