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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	Dominica	Qatar	Romania	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	627	22,414	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	659	22,262	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	691	22,106	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	724	21,931	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	757	21,828	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	850	21,704	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	1,001	21,571	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	1,153	21,443	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	1,306	21,129	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	1,460	20,779	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	1,615	20,607	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	1,770	20,485	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	1,904	20,385	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	2,010	20,296	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	2,103	20,224	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	2,187	20,151	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	2,261	20,055	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	2,326	19,938	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	2,384	19,823	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	2,435	19,713	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	2,480	19,622	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	2,519	19,496	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	2,553	19,351	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	2,559	19,266	7,666

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.

No separate list is published for Dominica, Qatar, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.