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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	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	6,291	295

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, Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.