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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	22,239

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.

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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