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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	Romania	Iceland	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	277	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	281	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	285	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	288	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	289	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	293	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	296	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	304	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	311	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	319	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	319	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	318	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	319	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	321	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	324	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	327	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	331	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	335	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	343	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	353	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	361	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	366	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	372	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	380	590

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.

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