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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	30,279

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.

No separate list is published for Malta, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.