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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,414	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,262	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,106	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,931	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	21,828	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	21,704	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	21,571	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	21,443	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,129	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	20,779	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,607	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	20,485	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	20,385	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	20,296	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	20,224	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	20,151	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	20,055	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	19,938	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,823	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,713	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,622	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,496	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,351	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,266	18,494

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