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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	46,498

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.

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