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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 MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaRomania
2,43751,18122,414
2,50152,78222,262
2,56654,45322,106
2,63256,17021,931
2,69957,86021,828
2,76859,59921,704
2,83861,47421,571
2,90963,47921,443
2,98165,59021,129
3,05567,80020,779
3,12970,11420,607
3,20572,55020,485
3,28275,13820,385
3,35977,79220,296
3,43880,53420,224
3,51783,36820,151
3,59786,22920,055
3,67789,19319,938
3,75992,20919,823
3,84095,23219,713
3,94298,32019,622
4,045101,49919,496
4,150104,76719,351
4,259108,17119,266

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