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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	277	6,587	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,646	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,695	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,725	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,712	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,765	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,794	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,838	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,897	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,938	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,953	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,004	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,052	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,130	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,159	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,209	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	331	7,271	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,316	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,372	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,432	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,487	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,460	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,392	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,387	19,266	3,570

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 Hong Kong SAR China, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.