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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	Oman	Romania	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	22,414	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	22,262	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	22,106	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	21,931	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	21,828	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	21,704	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	21,571	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	21,443	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	21,129	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	20,779	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	20,607	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	20,485	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	20,385	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	20,296	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	20,224	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	20,151	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	20,055	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	19,938	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,823	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,713	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	19,622	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	19,496	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	19,351	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	19,266	590

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 Oman, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.