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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	Benin	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	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.

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