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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	22,414	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	22,262	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	22,106	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	21,931	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	21,828	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	21,704	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	21,571	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	21,443	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,129	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	20,779	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	20,607	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	20,485	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	20,385	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	20,296	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	20,224	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	20,151	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	20,055	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	19,938	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,823	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,713	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	19,622	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	19,496	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	19,351	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	19,266	37,101

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, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.