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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 - KinshasaLaosRomania
51,1815,28622,414
52,7825,39722,262
54,4535,49922,106
56,1705,57821,931
57,8605,65421,828
59,5995,74621,704
61,4745,83621,571
63,4795,93121,443
65,5906,03521,129
67,8006,14520,779
70,1146,25720,607
72,5506,36820,485
75,1386,47720,385
77,7926,58620,296
80,5346,69520,224
83,3686,80420,151
86,2296,91220,055
89,1937,01919,938
92,2097,12719,823
95,2327,23419,713
98,3207,34319,622
101,4997,45219,496
104,7677,56019,351
108,1717,66619,266

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