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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	Oman	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	2,348	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	2,403	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	2,457	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	2,510	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	2,562	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	2,613	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	2,663	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	2,713	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	2,764	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	2,816	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	2,871	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	2,928	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	2,986	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	3,047	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	3,110	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	3,174	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	3,240	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	3,307	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	3,375	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	3,444	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	3,512	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	3,582	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	3,651	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	3,696	5,042

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

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.