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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 EstoniaCongo - KinshasaRomania
1,37851,18122,414
1,40052,78222,262
1,39154,45322,106
1,38256,17021,931
1,37457,86021,828
1,36559,59921,704
1,35761,47421,571
1,34963,47921,443
1,34165,59021,129
1,33767,80020,779
1,33470,11420,607
1,33272,55020,485
1,32875,13820,385
1,32477,79220,296
1,31980,53420,224
1,31483,36820,151
1,31286,22920,055
1,31489,19319,938
1,31492,20919,823
1,31895,23219,713
1,32398,32019,622
1,327101,49919,496
1,329104,76719,351
1,330108,17119,266

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