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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	Denmark	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,322	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,339	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,358	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,377	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,391	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,404	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,420	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,438	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	5,461	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	5,494	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	5,524	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	5,548	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	5,571	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,592	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,614	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,644	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,683	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,730	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,766	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,795	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,818	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	5,831	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	5,855	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	5,907	19,266	3,570

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, Denmark, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.