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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 CameroonRomaniaHong Kong SAR China
15,48322,4146,587
15,91322,2626,646
16,35422,1066,695
16,81521,9316,725
17,28921,8286,712
17,76421,7046,765
18,24921,5716,794
18,74621,4436,838
19,27821,1296,897
19,84320,7796,938
20,41920,6076,953
21,00220,4857,004
21,58620,3857,052
22,18120,2967,130
22,80020,2247,159
23,51320,1517,209
24,27320,0557,271
24,99519,9387,316
25,68019,8237,372
26,37319,7137,432
27,11419,6227,487
27,87819,4967,460
28,66319,3517,392
29,41719,2667,387

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 Cameroon, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.