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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	Sudan	Romania	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	22,414	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	22,262	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	22,106	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	21,931	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	21,828	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	21,704	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	21,571	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	21,443	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	21,129	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	20,779	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	20,607	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	20,485	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	20,385	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	20,296	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	20,224	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	20,151	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	20,055	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	19,938	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,823	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,713	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	19,622	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	19,496	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	19,351	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	19,266	9,590

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