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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	Guinea	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	7,610	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	7,780	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	7,821	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	7,906	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	8,121	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	8,317	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	8,478	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	8,650	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	8,860	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	9,091	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	9,327	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	9,571	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	9,825	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	10,084	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	10,351	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	10,632	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	10,924	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	11,225	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	11,534	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	11,855	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	12,160	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	12,469	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	12,778	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	13,087	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.

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