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

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.