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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	Barbados	Laos	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	5,286	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	5,397	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	5,499	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	5,578	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	5,654	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	5,746	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	5,836	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	5,931	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	6,035	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	6,145	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	6,257	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	6,368	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	6,477	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	6,586	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	6,695	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	6,804	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	6,912	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	7,019	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	7,127	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	7,234	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	7,343	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	7,452	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	7,560	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	7,666	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

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