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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 AfghanistanOmanRomania
22,2062,34822,414
22,4612,40322,262
22,5072,45722,106
23,6002,51021,931
25,0052,56221,828
25,6982,61321,704
26,3352,66321,571
27,1542,71321,443
27,3872,76421,129
27,7062,81620,779
28,4842,87120,607
29,1212,92820,485
29,7582,98620,385
30,4203,04720,296
31,1083,11020,224
31,8233,17420,151
32,5643,24020,055
33,3323,30719,938
34,1253,37519,823
34,9413,44419,713
35,9723,51219,622
37,0343,58219,496
38,1273,65119,351
39,2523,69619,266

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.