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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 RomaniaEstoniaCongo - Kinshasa
22,4141,37851,181
22,2621,40052,782
22,1061,39154,453
21,9311,38256,170
21,8281,37457,860
21,7041,36559,599
21,5711,35761,474
21,4431,34963,479
21,1291,34165,590
20,7791,33767,800
20,6071,33470,114
20,4851,33272,550
20,3851,32875,138
20,2961,32477,792
20,2241,31980,534
20,1511,31483,368
20,0551,31286,229
19,9381,31489,193
19,8231,31492,209
19,7131,31895,232
19,6221,32398,320
19,4961,327101,499
19,3511,329104,767
19,2661,330108,171

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.

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