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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	Israel	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	5,927	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	6,088	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	6,236	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	6,366	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	6,484	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	6,603	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	6,723	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	6,846	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	6,972	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	7,100	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	7,226	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	7,360	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	7,498	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	7,637	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	7,781	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	7,931	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	8,091	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	8,251	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	8,412	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	8,576	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	8,742	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	8,899	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	9,047	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	9,188	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.

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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