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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	Romania	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	2,787	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 Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.