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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	Cambodia	Romania	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	22,414	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	22,262	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	22,106	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	21,931	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	21,828	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	21,704	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	21,571	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	21,443	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	21,129	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	20,779	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	20,607	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	20,485	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	20,385	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	20,296	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	20,224	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	20,151	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	20,055	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	19,938	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	19,823	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	19,713	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	19,622	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	19,496	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	19,351	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	19,266	108,171	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 Cambodia, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.