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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	Thailand	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	59,748	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	60,165	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	60,746	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	61,323	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	61,884	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	62,425	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	62,956	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	63,467	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	63,937	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	64,381	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	64,804	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	65,208	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	65,599	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	65,970	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	66,332	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	66,673	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	66,975	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	67,250	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	67,506	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	67,750	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	67,975	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	68,180	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	68,366	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	68,457	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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.