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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 HaitiRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
8,12122,41451,181
8,27922,26252,782
8,43022,10654,453
8,58021,93156,170
8,73921,82857,860
8,90021,70459,599
9,06121,57161,474
9,21621,44363,479
9,36421,12965,590
9,50820,77967,800
9,65220,60770,114
9,55320,48572,550
9,67020,38575,138
9,79320,29677,792
9,92220,22480,534
10,04720,15183,368
10,25420,05586,229
10,48619,93889,193
10,64719,82392,209
10,78819,71395,232
10,93319,62298,320
11,07719,496101,499
11,21519,351104,767
11,34919,266108,171

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.

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