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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 - KinshasaTanzaniaRomania
51,18132,91222,414
52,78233,95322,262
54,45334,97422,106
56,17036,02121,931
57,86037,10021,828
59,59938,16721,704
61,47439,26221,571
63,47940,38721,443
65,59041,55721,129
67,80042,74120,779
70,11443,88920,607
72,55045,13220,485
75,13846,53120,385
77,79247,96520,296
80,53449,43720,224
83,36850,96520,151
86,22952,60420,055
89,19354,33619,938
92,20956,06219,823
95,23257,76519,713
98,32059,46519,622
101,49961,19119,496
104,76762,94419,351
108,17164,83519,266

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