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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	Romania	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	277	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	281	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	285	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	288	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	289	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	293	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	296	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	304	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	311	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	319	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	319	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	318	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	319	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	321	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	324	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	327	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	331	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	335	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	343	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	353	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	361	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	366	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	372	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	380	21,889	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.

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.