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