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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	Romania	Spain	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	40,378	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	40,563	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	40,775	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	41,433	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	42,205	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	42,869	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	43,672	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	44,370	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	45,246	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	45,993	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	46,378	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	46,573	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	46,746	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	46,777	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	46,603	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	46,465	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	46,420	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	46,460	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	46,543	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	46,739	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	47,116	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	47,366	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	47,342	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	47,625	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

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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