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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	Sudan	Romania	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	22,414	531
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	22,262	545
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	22,106	559
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	21,931	574
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	21,828	590
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	21,704	606
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	21,571	623
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	21,443	640
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	21,129	657
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	20,779	674
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	20,607	690
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	20,485	706
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	20,385	722
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	20,296	737
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	20,224	752
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	20,151	767
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	20,055	781
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	19,938	795
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	19,823	808
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	19,713	821
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	19,622	837
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	19,496	853
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	19,351	869
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	19,266	885

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 Sudan, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.