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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date São Tomé & PríncipeCongo - KinshasaAlbaniaRomania
13851,1813,08522,414
14152,7823,06522,262
14454,4533,04722,106
14756,1703,03821,931
15157,8603,02621,828
15459,5993,01421,704
15861,4742,99821,571
16163,4792,97921,443
16565,5902,95721,129
16867,8002,93420,779
17270,1142,91520,607
17672,5502,90020,485
18075,1382,89220,385
18377,7922,88820,296
18780,5342,88220,224
19083,3682,87620,151
19486,2292,86820,055
19889,1932,86319,938
20192,2092,86119,823
20495,2322,85419,713
20898,3202,84219,622
212101,4992,82519,496
216104,7672,79919,351
220108,1712,78719,266

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.