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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	Oman	Romania	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	22,414	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	22,262	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	22,106	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	21,931	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	21,828	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	21,704	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	21,571	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	21,443	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	21,129	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	20,779	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	20,607	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	20,485	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	20,385	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	20,296	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	20,224	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	20,151	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	20,055	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	19,938	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	19,823	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	19,713	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	19,622	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	19,496	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	19,351	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	19,266	3,228

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, Oman, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.