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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	273	422
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	274	430
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	275	438
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	276	447
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	278	455
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	279	463
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	280	471
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	281	478
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	282	486
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	283	494
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	285	501
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	286	509
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	287	516
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	288	524
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	289	531
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	290	539
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	291	546
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	291	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	292	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	293	568
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	294	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	294	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	295	585
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	295	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.