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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,996	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	3,075	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	3,155	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	3,235	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	3,315	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	3,396	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	3,478	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	3,559	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	3,642	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	3,727	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	3,817	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	3,907	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	3,997	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	4,088	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	4,178	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	4,269	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	4,359	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	4,451	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	4,533	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	4,615	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	4,715	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	4,820	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	4,930	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	5,042	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.