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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 BarbadosSeychellesCongo - KinshasaRomania
2737851,18122,414
2747952,78222,262
2758054,45322,106
2768156,17021,931
2788257,86021,828
2798359,59921,704
2808461,47421,571
2818563,47921,443
2828665,59021,129
2838767,80020,779
2858770,11420,607
2868872,55020,485
2878975,13820,385
2889077,79220,296
2899180,53420,224
2909283,36820,151
2919286,22920,055
2919389,19319,938
2929492,20919,823
2939595,23219,713
2949698,32019,622
29497101,49919,496
29598104,76719,351
29598108,17119,266

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.

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