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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Romania	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	152	22,414	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	153	22,262	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	154	22,106	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	155	21,931	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	156	21,828	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	157	21,704	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	157	21,571	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	158	21,443	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	159	21,129	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	160	20,779	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	160	20,607	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	161	20,485	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	162	20,385	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	162	20,296	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	163	20,224	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	163	20,151	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	164	20,055	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	164	19,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,823	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,713	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	166	19,622	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	167	19,496	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	167	19,351	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	167	19,266	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.