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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	Honduras	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	6,198	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	6,367	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	6,535	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	6,698	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	6,863	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	7,028	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	7,194	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	7,359	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	7,522	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	7,682	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	7,839	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	7,991	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	8,141	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	8,288	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	8,429	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	8,546	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	8,661	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	8,770	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	8,878	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	9,002	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	9,154	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	9,304	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	9,448	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	9,590	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.

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