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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	Vietnam	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	78,394	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	79,472	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	80,546	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,637	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	82,720	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	83,821	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	84,942	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	86,036	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	87,136	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	88,253	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	89,373	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	90,481	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	91,591	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	92,720	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	93,883	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	95,055	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	96,222	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	97,380	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	98,507	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	99,604	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	100,695	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,771	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	102,815	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	103,574	19,266	295

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