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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 - KinshasaMoldovaRomania
51,1814,24422,414
52,7824,19922,262
54,4534,15422,106
56,1704,10821,931
57,8604,05921,828
59,5994,01321,704
61,4743,96621,571
63,4793,91921,443
65,5903,87321,129
67,8003,82920,779
70,1143,78820,607
72,5503,74820,485
75,1383,70920,385
77,7923,67120,296
80,5343,63320,224
83,3683,59520,151
86,2293,55820,055
89,1933,52219,938
92,2093,48519,823
95,2323,44819,713
98,3203,41219,622
101,4993,37619,496
104,7673,33919,351
108,1713,57019,266

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