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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	Trinidad & Tobago	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,301	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,303	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,308	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,314	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,320	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,326	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,332	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,338	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,344	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,352	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,359	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,365	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,372	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,379	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,386	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,392	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,399	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,405	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,411	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,436	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,452	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,448	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,450	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,456	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.

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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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.