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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	Central African Republic	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	19,266	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 Malta, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.