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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	Saudi Arabia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	19,964	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	20,426	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	20,956	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	21,549	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	22,189	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	22,850	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	23,516	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	24,178	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	24,841	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	25,518	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	26,227	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	27,068	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	27,810	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	28,516	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	29,220	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	29,936	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	30,646	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	31,360	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	32,184	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	32,869	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	33,661	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	34,542	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	33,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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