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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanCongo - KinshasaRomania
22,20651,18122,414
22,46152,78222,262
22,50754,45322,106
23,60056,17021,931
25,00557,86021,828
25,69859,59921,704
26,33561,47421,571
27,15463,47921,443
27,38765,59021,129
27,70667,80020,779
28,48470,11420,607
29,12172,55020,485
29,75875,13820,385
30,42077,79220,296
31,10880,53420,224
31,82383,36820,151
32,56486,22920,055
33,33289,19319,938
34,12592,20919,823
34,94195,23219,713
35,97298,32019,622
37,034101,49919,496
38,127104,76719,351
39,252108,17119,266

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 Afghanistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.