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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	Oman	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	2,348	422
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	2,403	430
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	2,457	438
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	2,510	447
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	2,562	455
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	2,613	463
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	2,663	471
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	2,713	478
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	2,764	486
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	2,816	494
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	2,871	501
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	2,986	516
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	3,047	524
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	3,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	3,174	539
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	3,240	546
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	3,307	553
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	3,375	562
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	3,444	568
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	3,512	574
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	3,582	580
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	3,651	585
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	3,696	590

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 Oman, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.