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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 BarbadosCyprusRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
27381822,41451,181
27482622,26252,782
27583522,10654,453
27684521,93156,170
27885521,82857,860
27986721,70459,599
28087921,57161,474
28189421,44363,479
28291321,12965,590
28393720,77967,800
28596220,60770,114
28698820,48572,550
2871,01320,38575,138
2881,02920,29677,792
2891,02620,22480,534
2901,01520,15183,368
2911,00920,05586,229
2911,01419,93889,193
2921,02319,82392,209
2931,03619,71395,232
2941,05019,62298,320
2941,06219,496101,499
2951,07219,351104,767
2951,08719,266108,171

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.

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