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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	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Romania	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	19,266	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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