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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	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,348	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	2,403	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	2,457	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	2,510	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	2,562	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	2,613	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	2,663	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	2,713	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	2,764	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	2,816	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	2,871	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	2,928	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	2,986	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	3,047	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	3,110	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	3,174	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	3,240	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	3,307	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	3,375	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	3,444	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	3,512	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	3,582	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	3,651	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	3,696	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: 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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.