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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Ghana	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	19,327	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	19,792	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	20,280	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	20,806	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	21,350	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	21,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	22,469	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	23,058	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	23,661	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	24,270	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	24,899	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	25,559	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	26,244	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	26,945	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	27,664	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	28,405	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	29,146	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	29,879	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	30,617	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	31,362	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	32,111	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	32,864	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	33,622	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	34,280	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.

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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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.