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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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