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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	Oman	Albania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,348	3,085	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,403	3,065	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,457	3,047	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,510	3,038	396
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,562	3,026	398
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	2,613	3,014	401
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,663	2,998	404
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,713	2,979	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,764	2,957	406
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,816	2,934	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,871	2,915	412
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,928	2,900	414
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,986	2,892	416
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,047	2,888	420
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,110	2,882	426
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,174	2,876	435
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,240	2,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,307	2,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,375	2,861	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,444	2,854	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,512	2,842	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,582	2,825	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,651	2,799	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,696	2,787	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.

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