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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 RomaniaMoldovaSudan
22,4144,24426,168
22,2624,19926,771
22,1064,15427,387
21,9314,10828,017
21,8284,05928,662
21,7044,01329,321
21,5713,96629,996
21,4433,91930,686
21,1293,87331,393
20,7793,82932,137
20,6073,78833,078
20,4853,74833,891
20,3853,70934,568
20,2963,67135,293
20,2243,63336,093
20,1513,59537,058
20,0553,55838,165
19,9383,52239,294
19,8233,48540,512
19,7133,44841,764
19,6223,41242,952
19,4963,37644,121
19,3513,33945,290
19,2663,57046,498

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 Moldova, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.