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

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

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.

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.