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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 - KinshasaRomaniaOman
51,18122,4142,348
52,78222,2622,403
54,45322,1062,457
56,17021,9312,510
57,86021,8282,562
59,59921,7042,613
61,47421,5712,663
63,47921,4432,713
65,59021,1292,764
67,80020,7792,816
70,11420,6072,871
72,55020,4852,928
75,13820,3852,986
77,79220,2963,047
80,53420,2243,110
83,36820,1513,174
86,22920,0553,240
89,19319,9383,307
92,20919,8233,375
95,23219,7133,444
98,32019,6223,512
101,49919,4963,582
104,76719,3513,651
108,17119,2663,696

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