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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	22,414	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	22,262	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	22,106	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	21,931	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	21,828	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	21,704	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	21,571	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	21,443	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,129	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	20,779	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	20,607	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	20,485	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	20,385	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	20,296	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	20,224	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	20,151	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	20,055	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	19,938	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,823	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,713	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	19,622	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	19,496	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	19,351	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	19,266	7,169

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.