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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 NepalRomaniaChile
23,08722,41415,140
23,48722,26215,340
23,88722,10615,513
24,27321,93115,686
24,64521,82815,859
24,98921,70416,029
25,25521,57116,222
25,48421,44316,364
25,73221,12916,536
25,99820,77916,700
26,29820,60716,864
26,66420,48516,999
27,08120,38517,189
27,50520,29617,378
27,91720,22417,545
28,31120,15117,720
28,67820,05517,904
29,03419,93818,099
29,38419,82318,350
29,71819,71318,681
30,05719,62219,035
30,59519,49619,385
31,31119,35119,604
31,84519,26619,715

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.

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.