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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	Barbados	Benin	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	19,266	530

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 Barbados, Benin, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.