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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 Central African RepublicTrinidad & TobagoRomania
3,8891,30122,414
3,9801,30322,262
4,0541,30822,106
4,1281,31421,931
4,2151,32021,828
4,2891,32621,704
4,3631,33221,571
4,4491,33821,443
4,5441,34421,129
4,6411,35220,779
4,7421,35920,607
4,8451,36520,485
4,9501,37220,385
5,0571,37920,296
5,1671,38620,224
5,2781,39220,151
5,3921,39920,055
5,5071,40519,938
5,6251,41119,823
5,7451,43619,713
5,8741,45219,622
6,0251,44819,496
6,1541,45019,351
6,2911,45619,266

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 Central African Republic, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.