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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSeychellesRomaniaPuerto Rico
2737822,4143,800
2747922,2623,811
2758022,1063,819
2768121,9313,824
2788221,8283,826
2798321,7043,827
2808421,5713,822
2818521,4433,805
2828621,1293,783
2838720,7793,761
2858720,6073,741
2868820,4853,722
2878920,3853,679
2889020,2963,636
2899120,2243,589
2909220,1513,534
2919220,0553,473
2919319,9383,411
2929419,8233,352
2939519,7133,295
2949619,6223,268
2949719,4963,247
2959819,3513,232
2959819,2663,228

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, Seychelles, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.