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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	5,907	167

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 Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.