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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	19,266	220

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 Congo - Kinshasa, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.