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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	6,291	530

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 Central African Republic, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.