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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	Central African Republic	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	3,889	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	3,980	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	4,054	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	4,128	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	4,215	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	4,289	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	4,363	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	4,449	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	4,544	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	4,641	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	4,742	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	4,950	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	5,057	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	5,167	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	5,278	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	5,392	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	5,507	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	5,625	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	5,745	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	5,874	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	6,025	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	6,154	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	6,291	590

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, Central African Republic, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.