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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date RomaniaAlbaniaOmanMalta
22,4143,0852,348387
22,2623,0652,403390
22,1063,0472,457393
21,9313,0382,510396
21,8283,0262,562398
21,7043,0142,613401
21,5712,9982,663404
21,4432,9792,713405
21,1292,9572,764406
20,7792,9342,816409
20,6072,9152,871412
20,4852,9002,928414
20,3852,8922,986416
20,2962,8883,047420
20,2242,8823,110426
20,1512,8763,174435
20,0552,8683,240445
19,9382,8633,307455
19,8232,8613,375468
19,7132,8543,444485
19,6222,8423,512504
19,4962,8253,582516
19,3512,7993,651518
19,2662,7873,696530

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