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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	Mongolia	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	2,433	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	2,461	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	2,489	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	2,519	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	2,547	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	2,574	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	2,602	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	2,633	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	2,666	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	2,702	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	2,741	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	2,783	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	2,827	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	2,870	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	2,912	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	2,953	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	2,993	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	3,031	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	3,068	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	3,103	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	3,171	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	3,231	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	3,284	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	3,333	19,266	220

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 Mongolia, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.