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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	19,266	220

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 Sierra Leone, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.