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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	Zambia
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	10,327
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	10,649
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	10,980
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	11,290
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	11,593
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	11,907
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	12,243
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	12,612
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	13,005
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	13,412
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	13,822
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	14,255
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	14,709
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	15,165
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	15,631
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	16,121
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	16,624
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	17,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	17,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	18,222
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	18,780
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	19,349
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	19,928
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	20,485

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.

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.