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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	Mali	Romania	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	22,414	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	22,262	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	22,106	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	21,931	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	21,828	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	21,704	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	21,571	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	21,443	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	21,129	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	20,779	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	20,607	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	20,485	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	20,385	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	20,296	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	20,224	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	20,151	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	20,055	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	19,938	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	19,823	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	19,713	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	19,622	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	19,496	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	19,351	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	19,266	530	295

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