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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	Zambia	Oman	Romania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	2,348	22,414	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	2,403	22,262	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	2,457	22,106	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	2,510	21,931	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	2,562	21,828	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	2,613	21,704	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	2,663	21,571	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	2,713	21,443	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	2,764	21,129	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	2,816	20,779	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	2,871	20,607	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	2,928	20,485	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	2,986	20,385	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,047	20,296	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,110	20,224	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,174	20,151	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,240	20,055	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,307	19,938	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,375	19,823	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,444	19,713	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,512	19,622	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,582	19,496	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,651	19,351	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,696	19,266	380

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.