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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	Mauritania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,437	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,501	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,566	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,632	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,699	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	2,768	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,909	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,981	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	3,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	3,129	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	3,205	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	3,282	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,359	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,438	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,597	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,677	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,759	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,840	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,942	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	4,045	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	4,150	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	4,259	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 Mauritania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.