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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	South Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	46,617	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	47,008	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	47,370	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	47,645	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	47,892	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	48,083	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	48,185	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	48,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	48,684	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	49,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	49,308	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	49,554	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	49,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	50,200	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	50,429	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	50,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	51,015	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	51,218	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	51,362	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	51,585	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	51,765	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	51,836	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	51,745	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	51,731	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.

All data sources

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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