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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	108,171	2,559

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.