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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 DenmarkCongo - KinshasaRomania
5,32251,18122,414
5,33952,78222,262
5,35854,45322,106
5,37756,17021,931
5,39157,86021,828
5,40459,59921,704
5,42061,47421,571
5,43863,47921,443
5,46165,59021,129
5,49467,80020,779
5,52470,11420,607
5,54872,55020,485
5,57175,13820,385
5,59277,79220,296
5,61480,53420,224
5,64483,36820,151
5,68386,22920,055
5,73089,19319,938
5,76692,20919,823
5,79595,23219,713
5,81898,32019,622
5,831101,49919,496
5,855104,76719,351
5,907108,17119,266

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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.