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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	Dominica	Moldova	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	4,244	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	4,199	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	4,154	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	4,108	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	4,059	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	4,013	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	3,966	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	3,919	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	3,873	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	3,829	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	3,788	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	3,748	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	3,709	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	3,671	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	3,633	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	3,595	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	3,558	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	3,522	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	3,485	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	3,448	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	3,412	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	3,376	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	3,339	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	3,570	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 Dominica, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.