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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Romania	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	29,417

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.

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