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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	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.