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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 SenegalRomaniaLebanon
10,07022,4143,460
10,30522,2623,499
10,57622,1063,554
10,86421,9313,610
11,17221,8283,665
11,49821,7043,721
11,83921,5713,777
12,20421,4433,853
12,58421,1293,954
12,97820,7794,036
13,38220,6074,082
13,79420,4854,097
14,22620,3854,115
14,66820,2964,206
15,12120,2244,696
15,58920,1515,365
16,06620,0555,640
16,54919,9385,688
17,04419,8235,680
17,53519,7135,562
18,02119,6225,331
18,51819,4964,986
19,01619,3514,802
19,51219,2664,713

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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