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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	138	22,414	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	141	22,262	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	144	22,106	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	147	21,931	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	151	21,828	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	154	21,704	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	158	21,571	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	161	21,443	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	165	21,129	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	168	20,779	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	172	20,607	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	176	20,485	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	180	20,385	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	183	20,296	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	187	20,224	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	190	20,151	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	194	20,055	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	198	19,938	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	201	19,823	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	204	19,713	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	208	19,622	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	212	19,496	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	216	19,351	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	220	19,266	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.