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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	273	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	274	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	275	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	276	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	278	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	279	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	280	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	281	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	282	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	283	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	285	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	286	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	287	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	288	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	289	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	290	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	291	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	291	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	292	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	293	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	294	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	294	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	295	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	295	18,494

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