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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	19,266	220

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.

No separate list is published for Albania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.