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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	Spain	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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