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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 NigerRomaniaLuxembourg
10,42422,414433
10,78522,262438
11,17022,106443
11,58021,931448
12,01521,828454
12,47221,704460
12,95421,571467
13,45921,443474
13,98621,129482
14,53220,779491
15,09220,607500
15,66920,485509
16,26320,385521
16,90320,296533
17,56920,224547
18,24220,151560
18,95720,055571
19,70819,938586
20,46219,823599
21,22819,713610
22,02319,622623
22,84219,496633
23,69119,351643
24,58719,266651

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 Niger, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.