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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCongo - KinshasaRomaniaGuinea
27351,18122,4147,610
27452,78222,2627,780
27554,45322,1067,821
27656,17021,9317,906
27857,86021,8288,121
27959,59921,7048,317
28061,47421,5718,478
28163,47921,4438,650
28265,59021,1298,860
28367,80020,7799,091
28570,11420,6079,327
28672,55020,4859,571
28775,13820,3859,825
28877,79220,29610,084
28980,53420,22410,351
29083,36820,15110,632
29186,22920,05510,924
29189,19319,93811,225
29292,20919,82311,534
29395,23219,71311,855
29498,32019,62212,160
294101,49919,49612,469
295104,76719,35112,778
295108,17119,26613,087

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.

All data sources

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