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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	Liberia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,741	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,847	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,917	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,978	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,983	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	3,005	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	3,138	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	3,311	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	3,469	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	3,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	3,708	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	3,817	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	3,984	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	4,141	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	4,244	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	4,348	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	4,460	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	4,576	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	4,689	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	4,810	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	4,904	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	5,005	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	5,109	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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