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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	Finland	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,166	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,176	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,188	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,201	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,213	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,228	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,246	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,266	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	5,289	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	5,313	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	5,339	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	5,363	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	5,388	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	5,414	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	5,439	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	5,463	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	5,481	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	5,495	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	5,508	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	5,516	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	5,522	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	5,531	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	5,542	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	5,556	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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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.