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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	Barbados	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	138	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	141	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	144	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	147	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	151	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	154	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	158	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	161	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	165	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	168	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	172	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	176	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	180	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	183	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	187	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	190	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	194	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	198	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	201	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	204	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	208	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	212	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	216	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	220	167

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 Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.