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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	Qatar	Romania	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	22,414	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	22,262	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	22,106	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	21,931	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	21,828	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	21,704	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	21,571	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	21,443	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	21,129	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	20,779	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	20,607	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	20,485	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	20,385	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	20,296	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	20,224	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	20,151	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	20,055	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	19,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	19,823	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	19,713	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	19,622	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	19,496	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	19,351	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	19,266	2,787

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, Qatar, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.