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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date RomaniaSierra LeoneBarbados
22,4143,736273
22,2623,809274
22,1064,043275
21,9314,287276
21,8284,466278
21,7044,602279
21,5714,708280
21,4434,818281
21,1294,918282
20,7795,023283
20,6075,132285
20,4855,246286
20,3855,364287
20,2965,486288
20,2245,613289
20,1515,744290
20,0555,879291
19,9386,019291
19,8236,163292
19,7136,312293
19,6226,461294
19,4966,611294
19,3516,761295
19,2666,910295

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