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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	Moldova	Romania	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,244	22,414	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,199	22,262	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,154	22,106	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,108	21,931	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,059	21,828	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,013	21,704	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,966	21,571	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,919	21,443	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,873	21,129	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,829	20,779	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,788	20,607	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,748	20,485	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,709	20,385	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,671	20,296	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,633	20,224	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,595	20,151	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,558	20,055	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,522	19,938	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,485	19,823	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,448	19,713	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,412	19,622	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,376	19,496	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,339	19,351	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,570	19,266	5,657

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 Moldova, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.