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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	31,058	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, Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.