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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	Iceland	Laos	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	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.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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