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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 - KinshasaSloveniaRomania
51,1811,99822,414
52,7822,00422,262
54,4532,00622,106
56,1702,00921,931
57,8602,01021,828
59,5992,01121,704
61,4742,01521,571
63,4792,02221,443
65,5902,03321,129
67,8002,03620,779
70,1142,05620,607
72,5502,06320,485
75,1382,06720,385
77,7922,07120,296
80,5342,07420,224
83,3682,07620,151
86,2292,07820,055
89,1932,07919,938
92,2092,08119,823
95,2322,08719,713
98,3202,10419,622
101,4992,11819,496
104,7672,12319,351
108,1712,12419,266

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

Slovenia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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; the database as a whole is cited above.