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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 TunisiaRomaniaOmanTrinidad & Tobago
9,41722,4142,3481,301
9,51422,2622,4031,303
9,61322,1062,4571,308
9,71121,9312,5101,314
9,81021,8282,5621,320
9,90621,7042,6131,326
9,99721,5712,6631,332
10,08721,4432,7131,338
10,17821,1292,7641,344
10,27420,7792,8161,352
10,37720,6072,8711,359
10,49120,4852,9281,365
10,61220,3852,9861,372
10,73720,2963,0471,379
10,86620,2243,1101,386
10,99620,1513,1741,392
11,12420,0553,2401,399
11,24819,9383,3071,405
11,36519,8233,3751,411
11,47719,7133,4441,436
11,58319,6223,5121,452
11,68119,4963,5821,448
11,77219,3513,6511,450
11,86219,2663,6961,456

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.

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