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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaMaliOmanRomania
7010,5962,34822,414
7110,8332,40322,262
7110,8902,45722,106
7211,0072,51021,931
7211,3072,56221,828
7211,5792,61321,704
7211,8042,66321,571
7212,0432,71321,443
7212,3372,76421,129
7312,6572,81620,779
7312,9862,87120,607
7313,3252,92820,485
7313,6792,98620,385
7314,0403,04720,296
7314,4123,11020,224
7314,8033,17420,151
7415,2103,24020,055
7415,6293,30719,938
7416,0603,37519,823
7416,5073,44419,713
7516,9673,51219,622
7517,4423,58219,496
7617,9303,65119,351
7618,4943,69619,266

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.

All data sources

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 Dominica, Mali, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.