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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	Moldova	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	4,244	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	4,199	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	4,154	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	4,108	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	4,059	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	4,013	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	3,966	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	3,919	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	3,873	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	3,829	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	3,788	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	3,748	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	3,709	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	3,671	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	3,633	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	3,595	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	3,558	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	3,522	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	3,485	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	3,448	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	3,412	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	3,376	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	3,339	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	3,570	937

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, Moldova, Djibouti; the database as a whole is cited above.