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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	108,171	19,266

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