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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	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	223,735

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.