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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	Cameroon	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	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 Cameroon, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.