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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	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	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 Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.