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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	United Arab Emirates	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	220	19,266

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 United Arab Emirates, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.