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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Romania	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	78	22,414	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	79	22,262	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	80	22,106	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	81	21,931	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	82	21,828	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	83	21,704	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	84	21,571	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	85	21,443	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	86	21,129	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	87	20,779	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	87	20,607	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	88	20,485	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	89	20,385	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	90	20,296	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	91	20,224	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	92	20,151	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	92	20,055	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	93	19,938	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	94	19,823	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	95	19,713	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	96	19,622	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	97	19,496	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	98	19,351	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	98	19,266	2,787	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Seychelles, Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.