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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Nepal	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	23,087	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	23,487	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	23,887	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	24,273	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	24,645	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	24,989	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	25,255	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	25,484	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	25,732	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	25,998	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	26,298	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	26,664	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	27,081	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	27,505	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	27,917	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	28,311	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	28,678	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	29,034	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	29,384	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	29,718	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	30,057	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	30,595	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	31,311	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	31,845	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 Nepal, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.