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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	Iceland	Romania	Barbados	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	273	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	274	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	275	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	276	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	278	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	279	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	280	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	281	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	282	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	283	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	285	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	286	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	287	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	288	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	289	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	290	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	291	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	291	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	292	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	293	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	294	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	294	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	295	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	295	220

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.