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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 RomaniaOmanNigeria
22,4142,348121,649
22,2622,403125,014
22,1062,457128,513
21,9312,510132,165
21,8282,562135,971
21,7042,613139,900
21,5712,663143,914
21,4432,713148,019
21,1292,764152,195
20,7792,816156,434
20,6072,871160,751
20,4852,928165,142
20,3852,986169,607
20,2963,047174,142
20,2243,110178,737
20,1513,174183,362
20,0553,240187,979
19,9383,307192,594
19,8233,375197,417
19,7133,444202,498
19,6223,512207,699
19,4963,582213,021
19,3513,651218,473
19,2663,696223,735

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.

Nigeria

  • 1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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