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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	Uganda	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	70	23,408	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	71	24,195	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	71	24,992	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	72	25,846	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	72	26,661	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	72	27,414	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	72	28,200	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	72	29,021	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	72	29,846	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	73	30,647	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	73	31,469	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	73	32,343	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	73	33,257	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	73	34,234	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	73	35,271	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	73	36,419	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	74	37,673	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	74	39,157	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	74	40,879	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	74	42,329	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	75	43,639	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	75	45,120	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	76	46,645	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	76	48,065	3,696	19,266

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.