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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	Senegal	Romania	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	22,414	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	22,262	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	22,106	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	21,931	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	21,828	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	21,704	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	21,571	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	21,443	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	21,129	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	20,779	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	20,607	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	20,485	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	20,385	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	20,296	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	20,224	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	20,151	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	20,055	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	19,938	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	19,823	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	19,713	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	19,622	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	19,496	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	19,351	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	19,266	5,042

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, Senegal, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.