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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 MoroccoRomaniaHong Kong SAR China
28,40022,4146,587
28,74422,2626,646
29,09422,1066,695
29,44721,9316,725
29,80621,8286,712
30,16921,7046,765
30,55221,5716,794
30,95321,4436,838
31,35421,1296,897
31,75420,7796,938
32,15420,6076,953
32,55320,4857,004
32,95120,3857,052
33,34620,2967,130
33,73720,2247,159
34,12420,1517,209
34,51120,0557,271
34,89819,9387,316
35,27919,8237,372
35,65319,7137,432
36,01819,6227,487
36,37519,4967,460
36,72319,3517,392
37,10119,2667,387

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 Morocco, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.