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