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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	22,414	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	22,262	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	22,106	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	21,931	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	21,828	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	21,704	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	21,571	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	21,443	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	21,129	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	20,779	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	20,607	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	20,485	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	20,385	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	20,296	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	20,224	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	20,151	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	20,055	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	19,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	19,823	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	19,713	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	19,622	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	19,496	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	19,351	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	19,266	108,171

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