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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	Haiti	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	8,121	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	8,279	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	8,430	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	8,580	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	8,739	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	8,900	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	9,061	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	9,216	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	9,364	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	9,508	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	9,652	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	9,553	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	9,670	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	9,793	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	9,922	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	10,047	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	10,254	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	10,486	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	10,647	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	10,788	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	10,933	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	11,077	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	11,215	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	11,349	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, Haiti, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.