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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 - KinshasaPuerto RicoRomania
51,1813,80022,414
52,7823,81122,262
54,4533,81922,106
56,1703,82421,931
57,8603,82621,828
59,5993,82721,704
61,4743,82221,571
63,4793,80521,443
65,5903,78321,129
67,8003,76120,779
70,1143,74120,607
72,5503,72220,485
75,1383,67920,385
77,7923,63620,296
80,5343,58920,224
83,3683,53420,151
86,2293,47320,055
89,1933,41119,938
92,2093,35219,823
95,2323,29519,713
98,3203,26819,622
101,4993,24719,496
104,7673,23219,351
108,1713,22819,266

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.