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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosChadRomaniaYemen
2737,55922,41416,728
2747,82122,26217,236
2758,09222,10617,762
2768,39521,93118,310
2788,76321,82818,855
2799,19121,70419,410
2809,59421,57120,000
2819,96721,44320,611
28210,33821,12921,236
28310,72820,77921,878
28511,13920,60722,533
28611,55020,48523,195
28711,98320,38523,880
28812,42720,29624,594
28912,89520,22425,311
29013,37920,15126,020
29113,82320,05526,698
29114,27719,93827,347
29214,76519,82327,985
29315,25219,71328,608
29415,75019,62229,216
29416,25719,49629,811
29516,77619,35130,399
29517,30719,26631,058

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, Chad, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.