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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	Oman	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	387	2,348	22,414	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	390	2,403	22,262	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	393	2,457	22,106	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	396	2,510	21,931	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	398	2,562	21,828	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	401	2,613	21,704	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	404	2,663	21,571	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	405	2,713	21,443	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	406	2,764	21,129	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	409	2,816	20,779	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	412	2,871	20,607	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	414	2,928	20,485	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	416	2,986	20,385	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	420	3,047	20,296	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	426	3,110	20,224	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	435	3,174	20,151	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	445	3,240	20,055	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	455	3,307	19,938	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	468	3,375	19,823	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	485	3,444	19,713	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	504	3,512	19,622	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	516	3,582	19,496	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	518	3,651	19,351	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	530	3,696	19,266	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Malta, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.