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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	Madagascar	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.