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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 Congo - KinshasaBurkina FasoRomaniaDominica
51,18111,07522,41470
52,78211,40522,26271
54,45311,82822,10671
56,17012,38021,93172
57,86012,82921,82872
59,59913,17821,70472
61,47413,54021,57172
63,47913,91721,44372
65,59014,30921,12972
67,80014,72220,77973
70,11415,15220,60773
72,55015,60020,48573
75,13816,06420,38573
77,79216,56320,29673
80,53417,07220,22473
83,36817,57520,15173
86,22918,09420,05574
89,19318,62119,93874
92,20919,15719,82374
95,23219,69819,71374
98,32020,24219,62275
101,49920,78819,49675
104,76721,33619,35176
108,17121,88919,26676

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