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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	Barbados	Iceland	Romania	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,414	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,262	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,106	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	21,931	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,828	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,704	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	21,571	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	21,443	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,129	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	20,779	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	20,607	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	20,485	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	20,385	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	20,296	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,224	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	20,151	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	20,055	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	19,938	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	19,823	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	19,713	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	19,622	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,496	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,351	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,266	31,058

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

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.

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