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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	Finland	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	5,166	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	5,176	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	5,188	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	5,201	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	5,213	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	5,228	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	5,246	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	5,266	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	5,289	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	5,313	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	5,339	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	5,363	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	5,388	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	5,414	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	5,439	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	5,463	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	5,481	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	5,495	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	5,508	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	5,516	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	5,522	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	5,531	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	5,542	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	5,556	167

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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