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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	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, Laos, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.