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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 Sierra LeoneRomaniaTrinidad & Tobago
3,73622,4141,301
3,80922,2621,303
4,04322,1061,308
4,28721,9311,314
4,46621,8281,320
4,60221,7041,326
4,70821,5711,332
4,81821,4431,338
4,91821,1291,344
5,02320,7791,352
5,13220,6071,359
5,24620,4851,365
5,36420,3851,372
5,48620,2961,379
5,61320,2241,386
5,74420,1511,392
5,87920,0551,399
6,01919,9381,405
6,16319,8231,411
6,31219,7131,436
6,46119,6221,452
6,61119,4961,448
6,76119,3511,450
6,91019,2661,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.