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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	Turkmenistan	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	19,266	220

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 Turkmenistan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.