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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	Lesotho	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	220	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 Lesotho, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.