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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date TunisiaRomaniaBarbadosSt. Lucia
9,41722,414273152
9,51422,262274153
9,61322,106275154
9,71121,931276155
9,81021,828278156
9,90621,704279157
9,99721,571280157
10,08721,443281158
10,17821,129282159
10,27420,779283160
10,37720,607285160
10,49120,485286161
10,61220,385287162
10,73720,296288162
10,86620,224289163
10,99620,151290163
11,12420,055291164
11,24819,938291164
11,36519,823292165
11,47719,713293166
11,58319,622294166
11,68119,496294167
11,77219,351295167
11,86219,266295167

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