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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	Sri Lanka	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	19,354	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	19,610	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	19,838	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	20,060	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	20,297	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	20,529	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	20,703	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	20,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	21,120	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	21,315	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	21,503	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	21,713	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	21,918	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	22,120	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	22,320	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	22,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	22,711	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	22,899	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	23,080	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	23,254	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	23,420	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	23,579	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	23,732	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	23,796	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 Sri Lanka, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.