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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	Iceland	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	277	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	281	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	285	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	288	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	289	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	293	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	296	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	304	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	311	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	319	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	319	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	318	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	319	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	321	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	324	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	327	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	331	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	335	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	343	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	353	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	361	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	366	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	372	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	380	3,696	108,171

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.

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 Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.