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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	Chile	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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