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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	Qatar	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	627	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	659	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	691	443
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	724	448
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	757	454
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	850	460
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	1,001	467
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	1,153	474
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	1,306	482
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	1,460	491
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	1,615	500
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	1,904	521
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	2,010	533
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	2,103	547
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	2,187	560
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	2,261	571
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	2,326	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	2,384	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	2,435	610
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	2,480	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	2,519	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	2,553	643
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	2,559	651

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.

No separate list is published for Qatar, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.