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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 CambodiaRomaniaAlbaniaBarbados
12,12222,4143,085273
12,31722,2623,065274
12,50422,1063,047275
12,69121,9313,038276
12,88121,8283,026278
13,07621,7043,014279
13,27621,5712,998280
13,46121,4432,979281
13,63021,1292,957282
13,80820,7792,934283
13,99020,6072,915285
14,16220,4852,900286
14,32220,3852,892287
14,48020,2962,888288
14,63720,2242,882289
14,79320,1512,876290
14,99420,0552,868291
15,23819,9382,863291
15,48019,8232,861292
15,71719,7132,854293
15,94419,6222,842294
16,14919,4962,825294
16,33819,3512,799295
16,51419,2662,787295

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 Cambodia, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.