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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesRomania
51,1812,99622,414
52,7823,07522,262
54,4533,15522,106
56,1703,23521,931
57,8603,31521,828
59,5993,39621,704
61,4743,47821,571
63,4793,55921,443
65,5903,64221,129
67,8003,72720,779
70,1143,81720,607
72,5503,90720,485
75,1383,99720,385
77,7924,08820,296
80,5344,17820,224
83,3684,26920,151
86,2294,35920,055
89,1934,45119,938
92,2094,53319,823
95,2324,61519,713
98,3204,71519,622
101,4994,82019,496
104,7674,93019,351
108,1715,04219,266

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.