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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 BarbadosVenezuelaRomaniaEstonia
27323,18822,4141,378
27423,60122,2621,400
27524,01122,1061,391
27624,42521,9311,382
27824,84121,8281,374
27925,25521,7041,365
28025,66721,5711,357
28126,07921,4431,349
28226,58921,1291,341
28327,09820,7791,337
28527,51020,6071,334
28627,92020,4851,332
28728,32720,3851,328
28828,72220,2961,324
28929,11120,2241,319
29029,41820,1511,314
29129,69320,0551,312
29129,96119,9381,314
29229,85619,8231,314
29328,85819,7131,318
29427,92119,6221,323
29427,87119,4961,327
29528,31619,3511,329
29528,41819,2661,330

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.