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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	Sudan	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	19,266	220

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, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.