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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	Romania	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	11,003

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.

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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.

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132