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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	Romania	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,414	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,262	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,106	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,931	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	21,828	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	21,704	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	21,571	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	21,443	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,129	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	20,779	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,607	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	20,485	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	20,385	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	20,296	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	20,224	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	20,151	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	20,055	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	19,938	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,823	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,713	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,622	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,496	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,351	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,266	85,108

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.