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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	Dominica	Barbados	Laos	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	5,286	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	5,397	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	5,499	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	5,578	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	5,654	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	5,746	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	5,836	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	5,931	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	6,035	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	6,145	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	6,257	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	6,368	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	6,477	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	6,586	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	6,695	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	6,804	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	6,912	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	7,019	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	7,127	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	7,234	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	7,343	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	7,452	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	7,560	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	7,666	19,266

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 Dominica, Barbados, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.