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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Palestinian Territories	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,996	387
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	3,075	390
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	3,155	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	3,235	396
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	3,315	398
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	3,396	401
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	3,478	404
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	3,559	405
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	3,642	406
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	3,727	409
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	3,817	412
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	3,907	414
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	3,997	416
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	4,088	420
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	4,178	426
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	4,269	435
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	4,359	445
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	4,451	455
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	4,533	468
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	4,615	485
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	4,715	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	4,820	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	4,930	518
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.