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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	Oman	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	152	2,348	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	153	2,403	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	154	2,457	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	155	2,510	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	156	2,562	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	157	2,613	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	157	2,663	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	158	2,713	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	159	2,764	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	160	2,816	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	160	2,871	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	161	2,928	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	162	2,986	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,047	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,110	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,174	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,240	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,307	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,375	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,444	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,512	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,582	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,651	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	167	3,696	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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.