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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Romania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	152	22,414	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	153	22,262	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	154	22,106	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	155	21,931	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	156	21,828	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	157	21,704	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	157	21,571	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	158	21,443	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	159	21,129	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	160	20,779	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	160	20,607	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	161	20,485	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	162	20,385	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	162	20,296	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	163	20,224	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	163	20,151	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	164	20,055	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	164	19,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	165	19,823	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	166	19,713	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	166	19,622	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	167	19,496	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	167	19,351	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	167	19,266	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.