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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 BarbadosDominicaRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2737022,41451,181
2747122,26252,782
2757122,10654,453
2767221,93156,170
2787221,82857,860
2797221,70459,599
2807221,57161,474
2817221,44363,479
2827221,12965,590
2837320,77967,800
2857320,60770,114
2867320,48572,550
2877320,38575,138
2887320,29677,792
2897320,22480,534
2907320,15183,368
2917420,05586,229
2917419,93889,193
2927419,82392,209
2937419,71395,232
2947519,62298,320
2947519,496101,499
2957619,351104,767
2957619,266108,171

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