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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 - KinshasaChadRomania
51,1817,55922,414
52,7827,82122,262
54,4538,09222,106
56,1708,39521,931
57,8608,76321,828
59,5999,19121,704
61,4749,59421,571
63,4799,96721,443
65,59010,33821,129
67,80010,72820,779
70,11411,13920,607
72,55011,55020,485
75,13811,98320,385
77,79212,42720,296
80,53412,89520,224
83,36813,37920,151
86,22913,82320,055
89,19314,27719,938
92,20914,76519,823
95,23215,25219,713
98,32015,75019,622
101,49916,25719,496
104,76716,77619,351
108,17117,30719,266

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