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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.