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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 - KinshasaDenmarkRomania
51,1815,32222,414
52,7825,33922,262
54,4535,35822,106
56,1705,37721,931
57,8605,39121,828
59,5995,40421,704
61,4745,42021,571
63,4795,43821,443
65,5905,46121,129
67,8005,49420,779
70,1145,52420,607
72,5505,54820,485
75,1385,57120,385
77,7925,59220,296
80,5345,61420,224
83,3685,64420,151
86,2295,68320,055
89,1935,73019,938
92,2095,76619,823
95,2325,79519,713
98,3205,81819,622
101,4995,83119,496
104,7675,85519,351
108,1715,90719,266

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