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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.

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