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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	Seychelles	Oman	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	19,266	3,570

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 Seychelles, Oman, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.