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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	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	22,414	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	22,262	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	22,106	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	21,931	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	21,828	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	21,704	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	21,571	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	21,443	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	21,129	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	20,779	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	20,607	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	20,485	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	20,385	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	20,296	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	20,224	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	20,151	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	20,055	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	19,938	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	19,823	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	19,713	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	19,622	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	19,496	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	19,351	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	19,266	17,709

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.

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

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