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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	South Africa	Romania	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	22,414	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	22,262	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	22,106	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	21,931	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	21,828	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	21,704	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	21,571	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	21,443	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	21,129	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	20,779	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	20,607	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	20,485	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	20,385	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	20,296	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	20,224	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	20,151	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	20,055	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	19,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	19,823	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	19,713	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	19,622	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	19,496	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	19,351	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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