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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	Romania	Barbados	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	273	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	274	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	275	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	276	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	278	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	279	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	280	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	281	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	282	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	283	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	285	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	287	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	288	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	289	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	290	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	291	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	291	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	292	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	293	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	294	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	294	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	295	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	295	651

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