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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	Dominica	Romania	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,414	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,262	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,106	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,931	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,828	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,704	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	72	21,571	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	72	21,443	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,129	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	73	20,779	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	73	20,607	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	73	20,485	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	73	20,385	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	73	20,296	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	73	20,224	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	73	20,151	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	74	20,055	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,938	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,823	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,713	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	75	19,622	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	75	19,496	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	76	19,351	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	76	19,266	108,171	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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.