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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 - KinshasaRomaniaLithuania
51,18122,4143,419
52,78222,2623,395
54,45322,1063,367
56,17021,9313,340
57,86021,8283,313
59,59921,7043,276
61,47421,5713,223
63,47921,4433,172
65,59021,1293,134
67,80020,7793,102
70,11420,6073,068
72,55020,4853,004
75,13820,3852,937
77,79220,2962,898
80,53420,2242,869
83,36820,1512,844
86,22920,0552,818
89,19319,9382,782
92,20919,8232,744
95,23219,7132,718
98,32019,6222,710
101,49919,4962,711
104,76719,3512,724
108,17119,2662,748

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