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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	22,414	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	22,262	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	22,106	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	21,931	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	21,828	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	21,704	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	21,571	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	21,443	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	21,129	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	20,779	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	20,607	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	20,485	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	20,385	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	20,296	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	20,224	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	20,151	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	20,055	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	19,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	19,823	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	19,713	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	19,622	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	19,496	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	19,351	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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, Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.