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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Dominican RepublicCongo - KinshasaRomania
8,17551,18122,414
8,30152,78222,262
8,42754,45322,106
8,55356,17021,931
8,67857,86021,828
8,80159,59921,704
8,92461,47421,571
9,04463,47921,443
9,16465,59021,129
9,28167,80020,779
9,39870,11420,607
9,51272,55020,485
9,62775,13820,385
9,74277,79220,296
9,85580,53420,224
9,96583,36820,151
10,07286,22920,055
10,17789,19319,938
10,28192,20919,823
10,38595,23219,713
10,48798,32019,622
10,587101,49919,496
10,686104,76719,351
10,793108,17119,266

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