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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	Singapore	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	3,959	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	4,028	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	4,138	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	4,176	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	4,115	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	4,167	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	4,266	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	4,401	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	4,589	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	4,839	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	4,988	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	5,077	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	5,184	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	5,312	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	5,399	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	5,470	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	5,535	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	5,607	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	5,612	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	5,639	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	5,704	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	5,686	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	5,716	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	5,750	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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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