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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	51,181	22,414	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	52,782	22,262	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	393	54,453	22,106	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	396	56,170	21,931	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,860	21,828	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	401	59,599	21,704	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	404	61,474	21,571	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,479	21,443	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	406	65,590	21,129	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	409	67,800	20,779	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	412	70,114	20,607	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	414	72,550	20,485	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	416	75,138	20,385	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	420	77,792	20,296	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	426	80,534	20,224	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	435	83,368	20,151	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	445	86,229	20,055	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	455	89,193	19,938	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	468	92,209	19,823	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	485	95,232	19,713	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	504	98,320	19,622	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	516	101,499	19,496	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	518	104,767	19,351	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	530	108,171	19,266	1,330

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.