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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	22,414	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	22,262	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	22,106	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	21,931	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	21,828	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	21,704	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	21,571	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	21,443	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	21,129	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	20,779	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	20,607	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	20,485	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	20,385	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	20,296	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	20,224	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	20,151	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	20,055	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	19,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	19,823	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	19,713	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	19,622	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	19,496	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	19,351	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	19,266	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.