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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Sweden	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	8,858	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	8,872	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	8,896	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	8,925	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	8,958	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	8,994	279
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	9,030	280
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	9,081	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	9,148	282
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	9,220	283
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	9,299	285
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	9,378	286
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	9,449	287
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	9,519	288
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	9,600	289
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	9,696	290
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	9,799	291
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	9,923	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	10,058	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	10,175	293
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	10,279	294
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	10,354	294
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	10,416	295
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	10,487	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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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