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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	Russia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	147,218	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	146,600	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	145,980	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	145,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	144,652	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	144,071	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	143,522	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	143,053	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	142,809	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	142,746	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	142,789	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	142,853	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	142,964	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	143,205	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	143,510	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	146,094	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	146,410	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	146,678	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	146,846	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	146,834	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	146,768	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	146,463	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	145,849	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	146,693	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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.