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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 BarbadosTurkmenistanRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2734,32422,41451,181
2744,38522,26252,782
2754,44422,10654,453
2764,50221,93156,170
2784,55621,82857,860
2794,60821,70459,599
2804,66421,57161,474
2814,71921,44363,479
2824,77321,12965,590
2834,82820,77967,800
2854,88420,60770,114
2864,94020,48572,550
2874,99620,38575,138
2885,05320,29677,792
2895,11020,22480,534
2905,16920,15183,368
2915,22720,05586,229
2915,28719,93889,193
2925,34619,82392,209
2935,40519,71395,232
2945,46419,62298,320
2945,52219,496101,499
2955,57919,351104,767
2955,65719,266108,171

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