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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	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,414	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,262	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,106	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,931	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	21,828	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	21,704	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	21,571	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	21,443	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,129	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	20,779	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,607	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	20,485	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	20,385	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	20,296	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	20,224	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	20,151	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	20,055	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	19,938	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,823	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,713	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,622	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,496	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,351	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,266	4,259

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