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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 - KinshasaRomaniaMorocco
51,18122,41428,400
52,78222,26228,744
54,45322,10629,094
56,17021,93129,447
57,86021,82829,806
59,59921,70430,169
61,47421,57130,552
63,47921,44330,953
65,59021,12931,354
67,80020,77931,754
70,11420,60732,154
72,55020,48532,553
75,13820,38532,951
77,79220,29633,346
80,53420,22433,737
83,36820,15134,124
86,22920,05534,511
89,19319,93834,898
92,20919,82335,279
95,23219,71335,653
98,32019,62236,018
101,49919,49636,375
104,76719,35136,723
108,17119,26637,101

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