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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	Qatar	Burkina Faso	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	627	11,075	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	659	11,405	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	691	11,828	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	724	12,380	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	757	12,829	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	850	13,178	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	13,540	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	13,917	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	14,309	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	14,722	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	15,152	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	15,600	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	16,064	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	16,563	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	17,072	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	17,575	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	18,094	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	18,621	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	19,157	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	19,698	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	20,242	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	20,788	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	21,336	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	21,889	19,266	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 Qatar, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.