Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Montenegro	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	623	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	623	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	623	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	622	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	621	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	621	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	621	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	620	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	620	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	621	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	622	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	623	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	622	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	622	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	622	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	621	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	620	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	618	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	616	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	614	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	613	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	612	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	611	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	610	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.

Montenegro

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

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.