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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Arab Emirates	Romania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	22,414	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	22,262	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	22,106	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	21,931	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	21,828	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	21,704	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	21,571	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	21,443	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	21,129	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	20,779	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	20,607	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	20,485	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	20,385	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	20,296	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	20,224	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	20,151	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	20,055	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	19,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	19,823	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	19,713	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	19,622	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	19,496	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	19,351	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	19,266	108,171

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.