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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	Libya	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	4,993	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	5,116	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	5,237	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	5,357	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	5,476	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	5,595	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	5,715	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	5,835	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	5,967	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	6,115	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	6,270	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	6,432	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	6,144	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	5,849	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	6,010	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	6,163	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	6,291	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	6,415	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	6,549	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	6,689	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	6,826	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	6,960	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	7,088	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	7,169	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.

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