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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	22,206	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	22,461	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	22,507	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	23,600	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	25,005	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	25,698	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	26,335	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	27,154	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	27,387	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	27,706	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	28,484	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	29,121	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	29,758	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	30,420	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	31,108	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	31,823	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	32,564	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	33,332	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	34,125	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	34,941	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	35,972	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	37,034	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	38,127	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	39,252	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

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