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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	Sierra Leone	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,736	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,809	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,043	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,287	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,466	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,602	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,708	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,818	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,918	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,023	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,132	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,246	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,364	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,486	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,613	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,744	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,879	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,019	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,163	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,312	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,461	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,611	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,761	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,910	19,266	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, Sierra Leone, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.