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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	19,266	3,570

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.

All data sources

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