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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 - KinshasaBeninRomania
51,1816,46122,414
52,7826,67722,262
54,4536,90222,106
56,1707,13021,931
57,8607,36021,828
59,5997,58921,704
61,4747,83821,571
63,4798,08921,443
65,5908,33521,129
67,8008,60320,779
70,1148,88420,607
72,5509,17920,485
75,1389,48620,385
77,7929,80520,296
80,53410,13520,224
83,36810,48020,151
86,22910,84220,055
89,19311,22019,938
92,20911,61319,823
95,23212,01819,713
98,32012,37019,622
101,49912,72519,496
104,76713,08119,351
108,17113,43919,266

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.