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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	Romania	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	22,414	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	22,262	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	22,106	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	21,931	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	21,828	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	21,704	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	21,571	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	21,443	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	21,129	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	20,779	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	20,607	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	20,485	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	20,385	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	20,296	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	20,224	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	20,151	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	20,055	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	19,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,823	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,713	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	19,622	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	19,496	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	19,351	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	19,266	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.