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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	Russia	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	147,218	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	146,600	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	145,980	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	145,310	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	144,652	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	144,071	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	143,522	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	143,053	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	142,809	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	142,746	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	142,789	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	142,853	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	142,964	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	143,205	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	143,510	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	146,094	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	146,410	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	146,678	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	146,846	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	146,834	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	146,768	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	146,463	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	145,849	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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.