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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 BarbadosSudanAlbaniaRomania
27326,1683,08522,414
27426,7713,06522,262
27527,3873,04722,106
27628,0173,03821,931
27828,6623,02621,828
27929,3213,01421,704
28029,9962,99821,571
28130,6862,97921,443
28231,3932,95721,129
28332,1372,93420,779
28533,0782,91520,607
28633,8912,90020,485
28734,5682,89220,385
28835,2932,88820,296
28936,0932,88220,224
29037,0582,87620,151
29138,1652,86820,055
29139,2942,86319,938
29240,5122,86119,823
29341,7642,85419,713
29442,9522,84219,622
29444,1212,82519,496
29545,2902,79919,351
29546,4982,78719,266

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, Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.