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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	Romania	Albania	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	3,085	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	3,065	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	3,047	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	3,038	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	3,026	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	3,014	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	2,998	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	2,979	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	2,957	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	2,934	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	2,915	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	2,900	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	2,892	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	2,888	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	2,882	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	2,876	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	2,868	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	2,863	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	2,861	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	2,854	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	2,842	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	2,825	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	2,799	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	2,787	68,457

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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