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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Romania	Brazil	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	22,414	174,320	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	22,262	176,902	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	22,106	179,389	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	21,931	181,721	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	21,828	183,970	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	21,704	186,165	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	21,571	188,330	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	21,443	190,438	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	21,129	192,450	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	20,779	194,458	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	20,607	196,464	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	20,485	198,408	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	20,385	200,152	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	20,296	201,894	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	20,224	203,614	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	20,151	205,358	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	20,055	207,148	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	19,938	208,859	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	19,823	210,537	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	19,713	212,258	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	19,622	213,940	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	19,496	215,577	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	19,351	216,720	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	19,266	217,718	7,432

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.