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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 EthiopiaRomaniaCambodia
63,57522,41412,122
65,21322,26212,317
66,88922,10612,504
68,64921,93112,691
70,49121,82812,881
72,38921,70413,076
74,32721,57113,276
76,32621,44313,461
78,41121,12913,630
80,56420,77913,808
82,78720,60713,990
85,09620,48514,162
87,53020,38514,322
90,06620,29614,480
92,63220,22414,637
95,33720,15114,793
98,11420,05514,994
100,85819,93815,238
103,65419,82315,480
106,46619,71315,717
109,26719,62215,944
112,10019,49616,149
114,96419,35116,338
117,92419,26616,514

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 Ethiopia, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.