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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	51,181	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	52,782	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	54,453	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	56,170	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	57,860	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	59,599	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	61,474	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	63,479	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	65,590	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	67,800	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	70,114	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	72,550	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	75,138	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	77,792	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	80,534	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	83,368	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	86,229	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	89,193	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	92,209	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	95,232	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	98,320	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	101,499	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	104,767	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	108,171	19,266

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.

All data sources

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.