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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	22,414	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	22,262	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	22,106	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	21,931	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	21,828	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	21,704	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	21,571	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	21,443	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	21,129	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	20,779	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	20,607	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	20,485	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	20,385	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	20,296	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	20,224	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	20,151	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	20,055	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	19,938	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	19,823	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	19,713	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	19,622	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	19,496	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	19,351	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	19,266	2,048

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.