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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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