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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	Qatar	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	627	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	659	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	691	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	724	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	757	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	850	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	1,001	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	1,153	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	1,306	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	1,460	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	1,615	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	1,770	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	1,904	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	2,010	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	2,103	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	2,187	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	2,261	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	2,326	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	2,384	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	2,435	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	2,480	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	2,519	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	2,553	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	2,559	2,787

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, Qatar, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.