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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	Romania	Burkina Faso	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	21,889	1,330

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, Burkina Faso, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.