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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 EthiopiaOmanRomaniaBarbados
63,5752,34822,414273
65,2132,40322,262274
66,8892,45722,106275
68,6492,51021,931276
70,4912,56221,828278
72,3892,61321,704279
74,3272,66321,571280
76,3262,71321,443281
78,4112,76421,129282
80,5642,81620,779283
82,7872,87120,607285
85,0962,92820,485286
87,5302,98620,385287
90,0663,04720,296288
92,6323,11020,224289
95,3373,17420,151290
98,1143,24020,055291
100,8583,30719,938291
103,6543,37519,823292
106,4663,44419,713293
109,2673,51219,622294
112,1003,58219,496294
114,9643,65119,351295
117,9243,69619,266295

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