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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 TunisiaRomaniaBarbados
9,41722,414273
9,51422,262274
9,61322,106275
9,71121,931276
9,81021,828278
9,90621,704279
9,99721,571280
10,08721,443281
10,17821,129282
10,27420,779283
10,37720,607285
10,49120,485286
10,61220,385287
10,73720,296288
10,86620,224289
10,99620,151290
11,12420,055291
11,24819,938291
11,36519,823292
11,47719,713293
11,58319,622294
11,68119,496294
11,77219,351295
11,86219,266295

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