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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaRomaniaLuxembourgBarbados
51,18122,414433273
52,78222,262438274
54,45322,106443275
56,17021,931448276
57,86021,828454278
59,59921,704460279
61,47421,571467280
63,47921,443474281
65,59021,129482282
67,80020,779491283
70,11420,607500285
72,55020,485509286
75,13820,385521287
77,79220,296533288
80,53420,224547289
83,36820,151560290
86,22920,055571291
89,19319,938586291
92,20919,823599292
95,23219,713610293
98,32019,622623294
101,49919,496633294
104,76719,351643295
108,17119,266651295

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.

All data sources

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, Luxembourg, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.