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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	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	3,696	39,252

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