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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	Palestinian Territories	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,996	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	3,075	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	3,155	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	3,235	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	3,315	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	3,396	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	3,478	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	3,559	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	3,642	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	3,727	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	3,817	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	3,907	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	3,997	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	4,088	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	4,178	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	4,269	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	4,359	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	4,451	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	4,533	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	4,615	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	4,715	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	4,820	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	4,930	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	5,042	885

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, Palestinian Territories, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.