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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	2,348	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	2,403	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	2,457	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	2,510	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	2,562	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	2,613	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	2,663	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	2,713	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	2,764	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	2,816	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	2,871	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	2,928	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	2,986	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	3,047	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	3,110	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	3,174	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	3,240	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	3,307	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	3,375	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	3,444	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	3,512	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	3,582	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	3,651	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	3,696	5,907

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