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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,348	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,403	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,457	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,510	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,562	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	2,613	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,663	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,713	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,764	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,816	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,871	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,928	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,986	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,047	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,110	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,174	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,240	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,307	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,375	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,444	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,512	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,582	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,651	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,696	108,171	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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.