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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,348	22,414	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,403	22,262	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,457	22,106	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,510	21,931	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,562	21,828	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,613	21,704	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,663	21,571	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,713	21,443	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,764	21,129	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,816	20,779	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,871	20,607	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,928	20,485	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,986	20,385	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,047	20,296	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,110	20,224	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,174	20,151	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,240	20,055	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,307	19,938	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,375	19,823	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,444	19,713	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,512	19,622	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,582	19,496	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,651	19,351	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,696	19,266	31,337

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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.