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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 LuxembourgBarbadosRomaniaParaguay
43327322,4145,366
43827422,2625,473
44327522,1065,579
44827621,9315,683
45427821,8285,786
46027921,7045,886
46728021,5715,984
47428121,4436,080
48228221,1296,173
49128320,7796,264
50028520,6076,352
50928620,4856,438
52128720,3856,522
53328820,2966,605
54728920,2246,688
56029020,1516,769
57129120,0556,850
58629119,9386,930
59929219,8237,012
61029319,7137,095
62329419,6227,179
63329419,4967,263
64329519,3517,348
65129519,2667,432

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