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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	Romania	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	19,266	2,559

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