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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	Nepal	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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 Nepal, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.