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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	Malta	Barbados	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	273	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	274	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	275	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	276	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	278	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	279	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	280	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	281	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	282	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	283	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	285	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	286	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	287	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	288	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	289	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	290	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	291	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	291	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	292	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	293	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	294	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	294	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	295	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	295	19,266

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