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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 - KinshasaEstoniaRomania
51,1811,37822,414
52,7821,40022,262
54,4531,39122,106
56,1701,38221,931
57,8601,37421,828
59,5991,36521,704
61,4741,35721,571
63,4791,34921,443
65,5901,34121,129
67,8001,33720,779
70,1141,33420,607
72,5501,33220,485
75,1381,32820,385
77,7921,32420,296
80,5341,31920,224
83,3681,31420,151
86,2291,31220,055
89,1931,31419,938
92,2091,31419,823
95,2321,31819,713
98,3201,32319,622
101,4991,32719,496
104,7671,32919,351
108,1711,33019,266

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