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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	Qatar	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	627	138	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	659	141	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	691	144	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	724	147	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	757	151	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	850	154	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	158	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	161	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	165	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	168	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	172	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	176	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	180	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	183	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	187	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	190	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	194	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	198	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	204	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	208	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	212	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	216	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	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.

All data sources

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