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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	Central African Republic	Romania	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	22,414	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	22,262	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	22,106	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	21,931	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	21,828	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	21,704	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	21,571	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	21,443	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	21,129	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	20,779	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	20,607	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	20,485	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	20,385	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	20,296	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	20,224	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	20,151	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	20,055	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	19,938	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	19,823	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	19,713	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	19,622	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	19,496	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	19,351	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	19,266	10,099

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 Central African Republic, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.