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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	Togo
Dec 31, 1999	387	22,414	4,852
Dec 31, 2000	390	22,262	4,992
Dec 31, 2001	393	22,106	5,135
Dec 31, 2002	396	21,931	5,278
Dec 31, 2003	398	21,828	5,425
Dec 31, 2004	401	21,704	5,578
Dec 31, 2005	404	21,571	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	405	21,443	5,865
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,129	6,042
Dec 31, 2008	409	20,779	6,220
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,607	6,405
Dec 31, 2010	414	20,485	6,587
Dec 31, 2011	416	20,385	6,772
Dec 31, 2012	420	20,296	6,961
Dec 31, 2013	426	20,224	7,154
Dec 31, 2014	435	20,151	7,351
Dec 31, 2015	445	20,055	7,552
Dec 31, 2016	455	19,938	7,757
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,823	7,965
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,713	8,176
Dec 31, 2019	504	19,622	8,376
Dec 31, 2020	516	19,496	8,579
Dec 31, 2021	518	19,351	8,784
Dec 31, 2022	530	19,266	8,991

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