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