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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	19,266	167

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.