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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 - KinshasaDominicaRomania
51,1817022,414
52,7827122,262
54,4537122,106
56,1707221,931
57,8607221,828
59,5997221,704
61,4747221,571
63,4797221,443
65,5907221,129
67,8007320,779
70,1147320,607
72,5507320,485
75,1387320,385
77,7927320,296
80,5347320,224
83,3687320,151
86,2297420,055
89,1937419,938
92,2097419,823
95,2327419,713
98,3207519,622
101,4997519,496
104,7677619,351
108,1717619,266

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