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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	Estonia	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	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 Estonia, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.