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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	Cyprus	Romania	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	818	22,414	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	826	22,262	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	835	22,106	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	845	21,931	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	855	21,828	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	867	21,704	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	879	21,571	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	894	21,443	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	913	21,129	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	937	20,779	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	962	20,607	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	988	20,485	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	20,385	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	20,296	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	20,224	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	20,151	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	20,055	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	19,938	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	19,823	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	19,713	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	19,622	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	19,496	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	19,351	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	19,266	5,042

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.

No separate list is published for Cyprus, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.