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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 - KinshasaSeychellesRomania
51,1817822,414
52,7827922,262
54,4538022,106
56,1708121,931
57,8608221,828
59,5998321,704
61,4748421,571
63,4798521,443
65,5908621,129
67,8008720,779
70,1148720,607
72,5508820,485
75,1388920,385
77,7929020,296
80,5349120,224
83,3689220,151
86,2299220,055
89,1939319,938
92,2099419,823
95,2329519,713
98,3209619,622
101,4999719,496
104,7679819,351
108,1719819,266

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