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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	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	19,266	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.