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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CambodiaRomaniaBarbados
12,12222,414273
12,31722,262274
12,50422,106275
12,69121,931276
12,88121,828278
13,07621,704279
13,27621,571280
13,46121,443281
13,63021,129282
13,80820,779283
13,99020,607285
14,16220,485286
14,32220,385287
14,48020,296288
14,63720,224289
14,79320,151290
14,99420,055291
15,23819,938291
15,48019,823292
15,71719,713293
15,94419,622294
16,14919,496294
16,33819,351295
16,51419,266295

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.

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