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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 RomaniaBosnia & HerzegovinaCongo - Kinshasa
22,4143,81151,181
22,2623,90152,782
22,1063,91954,453
21,9313,92356,170
21,8283,94057,860
21,7043,97559,599
21,5713,99161,474
21,4433,99363,479
21,1293,99065,590
20,7793,98767,800
20,6073,98570,114
20,4853,98372,550
20,3853,98075,138
20,2963,97777,792
20,2243,97380,534
20,1513,96883,368
20,0553,96386,229
19,9383,95789,193
19,8233,95192,209
19,7133,94495,232
19,6223,93798,320
19,4963,929101,499
19,3513,921104,767
19,2663,876108,171

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.