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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 - KinshasaBoliviaRomania
51,1818,00722,414
52,7828,17722,262
54,4538,35122,106
56,1708,52921,931
57,8608,71121,828
59,5998,89521,704
61,4749,08121,571
63,4799,26821,443
65,5909,45721,129
67,8009,64720,779
70,1149,83620,607
72,55010,02420,485
75,13810,21120,385
77,79210,39720,296
80,53410,58120,224
83,36810,76320,151
86,22910,94220,055
89,19311,11819,938
92,20911,28919,823
95,23211,45619,713
98,32011,62119,622
101,49911,77519,496
104,76711,91719,351
108,17112,06019,266

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

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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; the database as a whole is cited above.