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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	Yemen	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	16,728	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	17,236	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	17,762	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	18,310	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	18,855	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	19,410	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	20,000	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	20,611	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	21,236	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	21,878	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	22,533	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	23,195	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	23,880	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	24,594	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	25,311	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	26,020	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	26,698	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	27,347	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	27,985	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	28,608	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	29,216	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	29,811	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	30,399	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.