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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaArmeniaRomania
51,1812,97022,414
52,7822,96622,262
54,4532,96522,106
56,1702,96221,931
57,8602,95521,828
59,5992,95321,704
61,4742,95121,571
63,4792,94821,443
65,5902,94621,129
67,8002,94320,779
70,1142,94120,607
72,5502,93920,485
75,1382,93720,385
77,7922,93420,296
80,5342,93220,224
83,3682,92820,151
86,2292,92420,055
89,1932,91919,938
92,2092,91319,823
95,2322,90719,713
98,3202,89919,622
101,4992,89119,496
104,7672,88119,351
108,1712,87119,266

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.

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