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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	Lesotho	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	1,908	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	1,916	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	1,922	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	1,926	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	1,926	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	1,925	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	1,922	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	1,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	1,917	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	1,915	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	1,916	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	1,920	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	1,925	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	1,930	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	1,936	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	1,942	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	1,948	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	1,953	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	1,958	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	1,962	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	1,987	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	2,013	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	2,037	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	2,059	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, Lesotho, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.