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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	138	2,348	22,414	627
Dec 31, 2000	141	2,403	22,262	659
Dec 31, 2001	144	2,457	22,106	691
Dec 31, 2002	147	2,510	21,931	724
Dec 31, 2003	151	2,562	21,828	757
Dec 31, 2004	154	2,613	21,704	850
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,663	21,571	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,713	21,443	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,764	21,129	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,816	20,779	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,871	20,607	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,928	20,485	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,986	20,385	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	183	3,047	20,296	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	187	3,110	20,224	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	190	3,174	20,151	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	194	3,240	20,055	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	198	3,307	19,938	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	201	3,375	19,823	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	204	3,444	19,713	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	208	3,512	19,622	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	212	3,582	19,496	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	216	3,651	19,351	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	220	3,696	19,266	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.