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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	Paraguay	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	5,366	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	5,473	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	5,579	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	5,683	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	5,786	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	5,886	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	5,984	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	6,080	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	6,173	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	6,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	6,352	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	6,438	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	6,522	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	6,605	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	6,688	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	6,769	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	6,850	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	6,930	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	7,012	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	7,095	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	7,179	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	7,263	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	7,348	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	7,432	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.