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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	Iceland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	277	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	281	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	285	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	288	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	289	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	293	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	296	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	304	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	311	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	319	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	319	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	318	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	319	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	321	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	324	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	327	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	331	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	335	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	343	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	353	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	361	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	366	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	372	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	380	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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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