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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	Spain	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	40,378	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	40,563	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	40,775	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	41,433	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	42,205	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	42,869	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	43,672	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	44,370	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	45,246	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	45,993	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	46,378	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	46,573	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	46,746	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	46,777	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	46,603	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,465	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	46,420	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	46,460	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	46,543	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	46,739	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	47,116	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	47,366	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	47,342	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	47,625	3,696	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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.