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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	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	10,487

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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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