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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	Tunisia	Romania	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	22,414	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	22,262	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	22,106	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	21,931	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	21,828	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	21,704	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	21,571	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	21,443	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	21,129	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	20,779	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	20,607	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	20,485	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	20,385	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	20,296	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	20,224	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	20,151	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	20,055	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	19,938	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,823	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,713	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	19,622	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	19,496	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	19,351	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	19,266	46,498	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 Tunisia, Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.