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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nigeria	Romania	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	121,649	22,414	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	125,014	22,262	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	128,513	22,106	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	132,165	21,931	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	135,971	21,828	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	139,900	21,704	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	143,914	21,571	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	148,019	21,443	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	152,195	21,129	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	156,434	20,779	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	160,751	20,607	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	165,142	20,485	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	169,607	20,385	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	174,142	20,296	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	178,737	20,224	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	183,362	20,151	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	187,979	20,055	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	192,594	19,938	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	197,417	19,823	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	202,498	19,713	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	207,699	19,622	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	213,021	19,496	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	218,473	19,351	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	223,735	19,266	10,099

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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.