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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	St. Lucia	Afghanistan	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	152	22,206	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	153	22,461	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	154	22,507	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	155	23,600	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	156	25,005	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	157	25,698	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	157	26,335	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	158	27,154	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	159	27,387	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	160	27,706	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	160	28,484	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	161	29,121	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	162	29,758	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	162	30,420	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	163	31,108	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	163	31,823	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	164	32,564	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	164	33,332	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	165	34,125	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	166	34,941	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	166	35,972	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	167	37,034	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	167	38,127	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	167	39,252	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 St. Lucia, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.