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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 LithuaniaCongo - KinshasaRomania
3,41951,18122,414
3,39552,78222,262
3,36754,45322,106
3,34056,17021,931
3,31357,86021,828
3,27659,59921,704
3,22361,47421,571
3,17263,47921,443
3,13465,59021,129
3,10267,80020,779
3,06870,11420,607
3,00472,55020,485
2,93775,13820,385
2,89877,79220,296
2,86980,53420,224
2,84483,36820,151
2,81886,22920,055
2,78289,19319,938
2,74492,20919,823
2,71895,23219,713
2,71098,32019,622
2,711101,49919,496
2,724104,76719,351
2,748108,17119,266

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