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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	64,835

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.

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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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.