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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	Paraguay	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	5,366	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	5,473	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	5,579	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	5,683	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	5,786	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	5,886	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	5,984	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	6,080	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	6,173	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	6,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	6,352	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	6,438	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	6,522	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	6,605	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	6,688	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	6,769	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	6,850	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	6,930	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	7,012	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	7,095	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	7,179	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	7,263	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	7,348	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	7,432	167

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, Paraguay, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.