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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	Yemen	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	16,728	152
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	17,236	153
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	17,762	154
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	18,310	155
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	18,855	156
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	19,410	157
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	20,000	157
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	20,611	158
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	21,236	159
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	21,878	160
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	22,533	160
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	23,195	161
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	23,880	162
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	24,594	162
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	25,311	163
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	26,020	163
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	26,698	164
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	27,347	164
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	27,985	165
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	28,608	166
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	29,216	166
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	29,811	167
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	30,399	167
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	31,058	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 Yemen, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.