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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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