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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	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	3,696	21,889

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