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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgCongo - KinshasaRomaniaSudan
43351,18122,41426,168
43852,78222,26226,771
44354,45322,10627,387
44856,17021,93128,017
45457,86021,82828,662
46059,59921,70429,321
46761,47421,57129,996
47463,47921,44330,686
48265,59021,12931,393
49167,80020,77932,137
50070,11420,60733,078
50972,55020,48533,891
52175,13820,38534,568
53377,79220,29635,293
54780,53420,22436,093
56083,36820,15137,058
57186,22920,05538,165
58689,19319,93839,294
59992,20919,82340,512
61095,23219,71341,764
62398,32019,62242,952
633101,49919,49644,121
643104,76719,35145,290
651108,17119,26646,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.