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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Romania	Bulgaria
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	8,091
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	8,052
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	7,798
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	7,755
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	7,710
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	7,668
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	7,628
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	7,587
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	7,549
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	7,513
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	7,475
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	7,425
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	7,242
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	7,200
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	7,160
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	7,119
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	7,074
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	7,024
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	6,973
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	6,923
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	6,874
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	6,833
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	6,778
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	6,720

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.

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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.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

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