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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaOmanRomaniaBarbados
51,1812,34822,414273
52,7822,40322,262274
54,4532,45722,106275
56,1702,51021,931276
57,8602,56221,828278
59,5992,61321,704279
61,4742,66321,571280
63,4792,71321,443281
65,5902,76421,129282
67,8002,81620,779283
70,1142,87120,607285
72,5502,92820,485286
75,1382,98620,385287
77,7923,04720,296288
80,5343,11020,224289
83,3683,17420,151290
86,2293,24020,055291
89,1933,30719,938291
92,2093,37519,823292
95,2323,44419,713293
98,3203,51219,622294
101,4993,58219,496294
104,7673,65119,351295
108,1713,69619,266295

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.