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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	South Africa	Oman	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	2,348	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	2,403	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	2,457	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	2,510	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	2,562	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	2,613	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	2,663	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	2,713	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	2,764	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	2,816	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	2,871	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	2,928	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	2,986	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	3,047	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	3,110	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	3,174	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	3,240	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	3,307	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	3,375	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	3,444	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	3,512	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	3,582	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	3,651	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	3,696	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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