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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Guinea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	7,610	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	7,780	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	7,821	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	7,906	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	8,121	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	8,317	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	8,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	8,650	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	8,860	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	9,091	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	9,327	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	9,571	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	9,825	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	10,084	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	10,351	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	10,632	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	10,924	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	11,225	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	11,534	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	11,855	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	12,160	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	12,469	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	12,778	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	13,087	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.

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