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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Moldova	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	4,244	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	4,199	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	4,154	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	4,108	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	4,059	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	4,013	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	3,966	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	3,919	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	3,873	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	3,829	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	3,788	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	3,748	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	3,709	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,671	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,633	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,595	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,558	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,522	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,485	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,448	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,412	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,376	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,339	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,570	2,048

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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