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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	Qatar	Romania	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	22,414	152
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	22,262	153
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	22,106	154
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	21,931	155
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	21,828	156
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	21,704	157
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	21,571	157
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	21,443	158
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	21,129	159
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	20,779	160
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	20,607	160
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	20,485	161
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	20,385	162
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	20,296	162
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	20,224	163
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	20,151	163
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	20,055	164
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	19,938	164
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	19,823	165
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	19,713	166
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	19,622	166
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	19,496	167
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	19,351	167
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	19,266	167

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 Qatar, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.