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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 BarbadosYemenOmanRomania
27316,7282,34822,414
27417,2362,40322,262
27517,7622,45722,106
27618,3102,51021,931
27818,8552,56221,828
27919,4102,61321,704
28020,0002,66321,571
28120,6112,71321,443
28221,2362,76421,129
28321,8782,81620,779
28522,5332,87120,607
28623,1952,92820,485
28723,8802,98620,385
28824,5943,04720,296
28925,3113,11020,224
29026,0203,17420,151
29126,6983,24020,055
29127,3473,30719,938
29227,9853,37519,823
29328,6083,44419,713
29429,2163,51219,622
29429,8113,58219,496
29530,3993,65119,351
29531,0583,69619,266

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.

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