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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 RomaniaCongo - KinshasaGermany
22,41451,18181,439
22,26252,78281,474
22,10654,45381,534
21,93156,17081,595
21,82857,86081,566
21,70459,59981,473
21,57161,47481,354
21,44363,47981,190
21,12965,59081,009
20,77967,80080,781
20,60770,11480,500
20,48572,55080,301
20,38575,13880,292
20,29677,79280,443
20,22480,53480,663
20,15183,36881,000
20,05586,22981,704
19,93889,19382,366
19,82392,20982,674
19,71395,23282,923
19,62298,32083,110
19,496101,49983,178
19,351104,76783,213
19,266108,17183,811

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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