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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	Mongolia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,433	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,489	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,519	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,547	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	2,574	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,602	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,633	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,666	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,702	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,741	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,783	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,827	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	2,870	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	2,912	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	2,953	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	2,993	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,031	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,068	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,103	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,171	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,231	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,284	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,333	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 Mongolia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.