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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	Paraguay	Romania	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,366	22,414	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,473	22,262	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,579	22,106	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,683	21,931	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,786	21,828	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,886	21,704	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,984	21,571	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,080	21,443	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,173	21,129	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,264	20,779	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,352	20,607	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,438	20,485	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,522	20,385	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,605	20,296	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,688	20,224	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,769	20,151	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,850	20,055	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	335	6,930	19,938	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,012	19,823	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,095	19,713	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,179	19,622	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,263	19,496	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,348	19,351	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,432	19,266	2,748

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 Paraguay, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.