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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	46,498	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.