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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MaliCongo - KinshasaRomania
10,59651,18122,414
10,83352,78222,262
10,89054,45322,106
11,00756,17021,931
11,30757,86021,828
11,57959,59921,704
11,80461,47421,571
12,04363,47921,443
12,33765,59021,129
12,65767,80020,779
12,98670,11420,607
13,32572,55020,485
13,67975,13820,385
14,04077,79220,296
14,41280,53420,224
14,80383,36820,151
15,21086,22920,055
15,62989,19319,938
16,06092,20919,823
16,50795,23219,713
16,96798,32019,622
17,442101,49919,496
17,930104,76719,351
18,494108,17119,266

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