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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Romania	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	22,414	5,366	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	22,262	5,473	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	22,106	5,579	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	21,931	5,683	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,828	5,786	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,704	5,886	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	21,571	5,984	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	21,443	6,080	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,129	6,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	20,779	6,264	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	20,607	6,352	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	20,485	6,438	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	20,385	6,522	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	20,296	6,605	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	20,224	6,688	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	20,151	6,769	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	20,055	6,850	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	19,938	6,930	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,823	7,012	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,713	7,095	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	19,622	7,179	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	19,496	7,263	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	19,351	7,348	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	19,266	7,432	108,171

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