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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	Paraguay	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.