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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SudanOmanRomaniaMalta
26,1682,34822,414387
26,7712,40322,262390
27,3872,45722,106393
28,0172,51021,931396
28,6622,56221,828398
29,3212,61321,704401
29,9962,66321,571404
30,6862,71321,443405
31,3932,76421,129406
32,1372,81620,779409
33,0782,87120,607412
33,8912,92820,485414
34,5682,98620,385416
35,2933,04720,296420
36,0933,11020,224426
37,0583,17420,151435
38,1653,24020,055445
39,2943,30719,938455
40,5123,37519,823468
41,7643,44419,713485
42,9523,51219,622504
44,1213,58219,496516
45,2903,65119,351518
46,4983,69619,266530

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