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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 MaliOmanRomaniaSt. Lucia
10,5962,34822,414152
10,8332,40322,262153
10,8902,45722,106154
11,0072,51021,931155
11,3072,56221,828156
11,5792,61321,704157
11,8042,66321,571157
12,0432,71321,443158
12,3372,76421,129159
12,6572,81620,779160
12,9862,87120,607160
13,3252,92820,485161
13,6792,98620,385162
14,0403,04720,296162
14,4123,11020,224163
14,8033,17420,151163
15,2103,24020,055164
15,6293,30719,938164
16,0603,37519,823165
16,5073,44419,713166
16,9673,51219,622166
17,4423,58219,496167
17,9303,65119,351167
18,4943,69619,266167

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 Mali, Oman, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.