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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	Liberia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	2,741	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	2,847	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	2,917	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	2,978	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	2,983	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	3,005	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	3,138	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	3,311	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	3,469	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	3,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	3,708	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	3,817	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	3,984	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	4,141	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	4,244	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	4,348	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	4,460	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	4,576	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	4,689	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	4,810	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	4,904	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	5,005	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	5,109	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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