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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 OmanRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
2,34822,41451,181
2,40322,26252,782
2,45722,10654,453
2,51021,93156,170
2,56221,82857,860
2,61321,70459,599
2,66321,57161,474
2,71321,44363,479
2,76421,12965,590
2,81620,77967,800
2,87120,60770,114
2,92820,48572,550
2,98620,38575,138
3,04720,29677,792
3,11020,22480,534
3,17420,15183,368
3,24020,05586,229
3,30719,93889,193
3,37519,82392,209
3,44419,71395,232
3,51219,62298,320
3,58219,496101,499
3,65119,351104,767
3,69619,266108,171

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.

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