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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	Bahrain	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	633	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	648	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	665	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	707	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	773	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	839	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	907	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	974	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	1,043	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	1,096	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	1,133	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	1,168	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	1,202	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	1,236	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	1,268	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	1,301	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	1,333	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	1,365	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	1,396	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	1,428	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	1,459	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	1,489	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	1,511	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	1,521	19,266	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.

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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 Bahrain, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.