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

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