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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania	Oman	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	3,696	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.