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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	Romania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	22,414	277
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	22,262	281
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	22,106	285
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	21,931	288
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	21,828	289
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	21,704	293
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	21,571	296
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	21,443	304
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	21,129	311
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	20,779	319
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	20,607	319
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	20,485	318
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	20,385	319
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	20,296	321
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	20,224	324
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	20,151	327
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	20,055	331
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	19,938	335
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,823	343
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,713	353
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	19,622	361
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	19,496	366
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	19,351	372
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	19,266	380

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.

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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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.