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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	Romania	Estonia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	1,378	152
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	1,400	153
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	1,391	154
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	1,382	155
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	1,374	156
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	1,365	157
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	1,357	157
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	1,349	158
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	1,341	159
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	1,337	160
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	1,334	160
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	1,332	161
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	1,328	162
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	1,324	162
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	1,319	163
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	1,314	163
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	1,312	164
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	1,314	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	1,314	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	1,318	166
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	1,323	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	1,327	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	1,329	167
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	1,330	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 Estonia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.