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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 - KinshasaRomaniaGermany
51,18122,41481,439
52,78222,26281,474
54,45322,10681,534
56,17021,93181,595
57,86021,82881,566
59,59921,70481,473
61,47421,57181,354
63,47921,44381,190
65,59021,12981,009
67,80020,77980,781
70,11420,60780,500
72,55020,48580,301
75,13820,38580,292
77,79220,29680,443
80,53420,22480,663
83,36820,15181,000
86,22920,05581,704
89,19319,93882,366
92,20919,82382,674
95,23219,71382,923
98,32019,62283,110
101,49919,49683,178
104,76719,35183,213
108,17119,26683,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.