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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	Ghana	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	19,327	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	19,792	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	20,280	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	20,806	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	21,350	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	21,900	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	22,469	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	23,058	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	23,661	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	24,270	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	24,899	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	25,559	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	26,244	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	26,945	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	27,664	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	28,405	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	29,146	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	29,879	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	30,617	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	31,362	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	32,111	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	32,864	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	33,622	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	34,280	651

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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