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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	Benin	Romania	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	22,414	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	22,262	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	22,106	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	21,931	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	21,828	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	21,704	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	21,571	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	21,443	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	21,129	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	20,779	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	20,607	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	20,485	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	20,385	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	20,296	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	20,224	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	20,151	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	20,055	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	19,938	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,823	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,713	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	19,622	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	19,496	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	19,351	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	19,266	1,330	295

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