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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	Sudan	Romania	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	22,414	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	22,262	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	22,106	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	21,931	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	21,828	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	21,704	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	21,571	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	21,443	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	21,129	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	20,779	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	20,607	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	20,485	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	20,385	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	20,296	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	20,224	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	20,151	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	20,055	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	19,938	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	19,823	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	19,713	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	19,622	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	19,496	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	19,351	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	19,266	125,247

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

No separate list is published for Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.