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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	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	25,808

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.

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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.

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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