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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CameroonOmanRomaniaBarbados
15,4832,34822,414273
15,9132,40322,262274
16,3542,45722,106275
16,8152,51021,931276
17,2892,56221,828278
17,7642,61321,704279
18,2492,66321,571280
18,7462,71321,443281
19,2782,76421,129282
19,8432,81620,779283
20,4192,87120,607285
21,0022,92820,485286
21,5862,98620,385287
22,1813,04720,296288
22,8003,11020,224289
23,5133,17420,151290
24,2733,24020,055291
24,9953,30719,938291
25,6803,37519,823292
26,3733,44419,713293
27,1143,51219,622294
27,8783,58219,496294
28,6633,65119,351295
29,4173,69619,266295

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 Cameroon, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.