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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	Luxembourg	Switzerland	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	433	7,258	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	438	7,296	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	443	7,332	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	448	7,384	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	454	7,438	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	460	7,488	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	467	7,532	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	474	7,579	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	482	7,647	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	491	7,738	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	500	7,825	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,959	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	533	8,044	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	547	8,137	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	560	8,237	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	571	8,332	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	586	8,423	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	599	8,502	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	610	8,565	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	623	8,626	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	633	8,689	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	643	8,756	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	651	8,834	3,696	19,266

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

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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