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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Iceland	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	277	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	281	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	285	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	288	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	289	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	293	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	296	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	304	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	311	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	319	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	319	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	318	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	319	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	321	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	324	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	327	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	331	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	335	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	343	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	353	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	361	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	366	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	372	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	380	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.