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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	5,286	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	5,397	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	5,499	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	5,578	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	5,654	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	5,746	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	5,836	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	5,931	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	6,035	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	6,145	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	6,257	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	6,368	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	6,477	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	6,586	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	6,695	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	6,804	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	6,912	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	7,019	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	7,127	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	7,234	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	7,343	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	7,452	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	7,560	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	7,666	19,266

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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.