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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	Afghanistan	Oman	Romania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	19,266	2,559

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