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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	Oman	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,348	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	2,403	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	2,457	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	2,510	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	2,562	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	2,613	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	2,663	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	2,713	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	2,764	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	2,816	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	2,871	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	2,928	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	2,986	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	3,047	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	3,110	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	3,174	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	3,240	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	3,307	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	3,375	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	3,444	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	3,512	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	3,582	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	3,651	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	3,696	28,903

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, Oman, Mozambique; the database as a whole is cited above.