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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	Romania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	5,556

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

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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