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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date RomaniaOmanParaguayBarbados
22,4142,3485,366273
22,2622,4035,473274
22,1062,4575,579275
21,9312,5105,683276
21,8282,5625,786278
21,7042,6135,886279
21,5712,6635,984280
21,4432,7136,080281
21,1292,7646,173282
20,7792,8166,264283
20,6072,8716,352285
20,4852,9286,438286
20,3852,9866,522287
20,2963,0476,605288
20,2243,1106,688289
20,1513,1746,769290
20,0553,2406,850291
19,9383,3076,930291
19,8233,3757,012292
19,7133,4447,095293
19,6223,5127,179294
19,4963,5827,263294
19,3513,6517,348295
19,2663,6967,432295

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, Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.