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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	3,696

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.