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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 - KinshasaRomaniaMali
51,18122,41410,596
52,78222,26210,833
54,45322,10610,890
56,17021,93111,007
57,86021,82811,307
59,59921,70411,579
61,47421,57111,804
63,47921,44312,043
65,59021,12912,337
67,80020,77912,657
70,11420,60712,986
72,55020,48513,325
75,13820,38513,679
77,79220,29614,040
80,53420,22414,412
83,36820,15114,803
86,22920,05515,210
89,19319,93815,629
92,20919,82316,060
95,23219,71316,507
98,32019,62216,967
101,49919,49617,442
104,76719,35117,930
108,17119,26618,494

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