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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	Iceland	Albania	Romania	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	22,414	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	22,262	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	22,106	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	21,931	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	21,828	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	21,704	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	21,571	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	21,443	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	21,129	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	20,779	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	20,607	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	20,485	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	20,385	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	20,296	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	20,224	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	20,151	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	20,055	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	19,938	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	19,823	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	19,713	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	19,622	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	19,496	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	19,351	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	19,266	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.