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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	Qatar	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	627	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	659	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	691	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	724	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	757	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	850	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	1,001	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	1,153	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	1,306	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	1,460	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	1,615	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	1,770	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	1,904	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	2,010	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	2,103	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	2,187	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	2,261	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	2,326	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	2,384	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	2,435	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	2,480	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	2,519	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	2,553	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.