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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Sudan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	26,168	433
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	26,771	438
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	27,387	443
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	28,017	448
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	28,662	454
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	29,321	460
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	29,996	467
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	30,686	474
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	31,393	482
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	32,137	491
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	33,078	500
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	33,891	509
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	34,568	521
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	35,293	533
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	36,093	547
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	37,058	560
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	38,165	571
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	39,294	586
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	40,512	599
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	41,764	610
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	42,952	623
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	44,121	633
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	45,290	643
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	46,498	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.

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.

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