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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	Romania	Austria	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	8,039	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	8,059	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	8,090	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	8,130	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	8,166	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	8,217	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	8,274	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	8,317	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	8,344	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	8,370	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	8,390	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	8,410	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	8,438	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	8,476	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	8,527	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	8,594	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	8,680	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	8,791	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	8,847	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	8,890	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	8,930	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	8,969	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	9,004	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	9,107	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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.