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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 - KinshasaCameroonRomania
51,18115,48322,414
52,78215,91322,262
54,45316,35422,106
56,17016,81521,931
57,86017,28921,828
59,59917,76421,704
61,47418,24921,571
63,47918,74621,443
65,59019,27821,129
67,80019,84320,779
70,11420,41920,607
72,55021,00220,485
75,13821,58620,385
77,79222,18120,296
80,53422,80020,224
83,36823,51320,151
86,22924,27320,055
89,19324,99519,938
92,20925,68019,823
95,23226,37319,713
98,32027,11419,622
101,49927,87819,496
104,76728,66319,351
108,17129,41719,266

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