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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	Yemen	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	16,728	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	17,236	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	17,762	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	18,310	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	18,855	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	19,410	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	20,000	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	20,611	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	21,236	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	21,878	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	22,533	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	23,880	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	24,594	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	25,311	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	26,020	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	26,698	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	27,347	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	27,985	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	28,608	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	29,216	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	29,811	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	30,399	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	31,058	651

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 Yemen, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.