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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	Germany	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	81,439	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	81,474	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	81,534	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	81,595	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	81,566	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	81,473	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	81,354	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	81,190	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	81,009	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	80,781	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	80,500	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	80,301	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	80,292	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	80,443	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	80,663	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	81,000	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	81,704	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	82,366	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	82,674	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	82,923	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	83,110	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	83,178	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	83,213	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	83,811	220

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.