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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	Romania	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,414	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,262	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,106	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,931	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,828	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,704	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	72	21,571	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	72	21,443	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,129	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	73	20,779	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	73	20,607	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	73	20,485	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	73	20,385	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	73	20,296	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	73	20,224	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	73	20,151	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	74	20,055	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,938	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,823	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,713	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	75	19,622	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	75	19,496	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	76	19,351	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	76	19,266	3,696	39,252

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, Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.