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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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.