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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	Seychelles	Barbados	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	78	273	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	79	274	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	80	275	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	81	276	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	82	278	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	83	279	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	84	280	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	85	281	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	86	282	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	87	283	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	87	285	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	88	286	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	89	287	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	90	288	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	91	289	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	92	290	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	92	291	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	93	291	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	94	292	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	95	293	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	96	294	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	97	294	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	98	295	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	98	295	3,696	19,266

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