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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 - KinshasaRomaniaBahrain
51,18122,414633
52,78222,262648
54,45322,106665
56,17021,931707
57,86021,828773
59,59921,704839
61,47421,571907
63,47921,443974
65,59021,1291,043
67,80020,7791,096
70,11420,6071,133
72,55020,4851,168
75,13820,3851,202
77,79220,2961,236
80,53420,2241,268
83,36820,1511,301
86,22920,0551,333
89,19319,9381,365
92,20919,8231,396
95,23219,7131,428
98,32019,6221,459
101,49919,4961,489
104,76719,3511,511
108,17119,2661,521

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