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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	Malta	Afghanistan	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,206	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,461	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,507	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	23,600	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	25,005	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	25,698	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	26,335	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	27,154	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	27,387	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	27,706	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	28,484	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	29,121	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	29,758	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	30,420	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	31,108	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	31,823	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	32,564	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	33,332	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	34,125	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	34,941	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	35,972	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	37,034	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,127	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	39,252	19,266

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