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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	Romania	Albania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	2,787	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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