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

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.

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