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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 - KinshasaRomaniaYemen
51,18122,41416,728
52,78222,26217,236
54,45322,10617,762
56,17021,93118,310
57,86021,82818,855
59,59921,70419,410
61,47421,57120,000
63,47921,44320,611
65,59021,12921,236
67,80020,77921,878
70,11420,60722,533
72,55020,48523,195
75,13820,38523,880
77,79220,29624,594
80,53420,22425,311
83,36820,15126,020
86,22920,05526,698
89,19319,93827,347
92,20919,82327,985
95,23219,71328,608
98,32019,62229,216
101,49919,49629,811
104,76719,35130,399
108,17119,26631,058

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