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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	Luxembourg	Romania	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	277	433	22,414	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	281	438	22,262	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	443	22,106	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	288	448	21,931	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	289	454	21,828	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	293	460	21,704	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	296	467	21,571	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	304	474	21,443	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	311	482	21,129	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	319	491	20,779	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	319	500	20,607	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	20,485	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	319	521	20,385	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	533	20,296	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	324	547	20,224	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	327	560	20,151	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	331	571	20,055	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	335	586	19,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	343	599	19,823	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	353	610	19,713	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	361	623	19,622	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	366	633	19,496	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	372	643	19,351	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	380	651	19,266	3,228

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 Luxembourg, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.