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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 ParaguayCongo - KinshasaRomania
5,36651,18122,414
5,47352,78222,262
5,57954,45322,106
5,68356,17021,931
5,78657,86021,828
5,88659,59921,704
5,98461,47421,571
6,08063,47921,443
6,17365,59021,129
6,26467,80020,779
6,35270,11420,607
6,43872,55020,485
6,52275,13820,385
6,60577,79220,296
6,68880,53420,224
6,76983,36820,151
6,85086,22920,055
6,93089,19319,938
7,01292,20919,823
7,09595,23219,713
7,17998,32019,622
7,263101,49919,496
7,348104,76719,351
7,432108,17119,266

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