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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 Dominican RepublicRomaniaGermany
8,17522,41481,439
8,30122,26281,474
8,42722,10681,534
8,55321,93181,595
8,67821,82881,566
8,80121,70481,473
8,92421,57181,354
9,04421,44381,190
9,16421,12981,009
9,28120,77980,781
9,39820,60780,500
9,51220,48580,301
9,62720,38580,292
9,74220,29680,443
9,85520,22480,663
9,96520,15181,000
10,07220,05581,704
10,17719,93882,366
10,28119,82382,674
10,38519,71382,923
10,48719,62283,110
10,58719,49683,178
10,68619,35183,213
10,79319,26683,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.