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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Romania	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	152	22,414	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	153	22,262	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	154	22,106	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	155	21,931	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	156	21,828	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	157	21,704	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	157	21,571	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	158	21,443	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	159	21,129	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	160	20,779	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	160	20,607	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	161	20,485	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	162	20,385	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	162	20,296	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	163	20,224	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	163	20,151	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	164	20,055	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	164	19,938	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,823	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,713	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	166	19,622	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	167	19,496	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	167	19,351	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	167	19,266	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.