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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	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	5,185

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.