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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	Malta	Albania	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,085	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,065	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	393	3,047	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	396	3,038	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	398	3,026	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	401	3,014	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,998	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,979	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,957	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,934	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,915	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,900	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,892	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,888	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,882	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,876	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,868	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,863	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,861	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,854	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,842	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,825	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,799	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,787	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.

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