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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 TunisiaCongo - KinshasaRomania
9,41751,18122,414
9,51452,78222,262
9,61354,45322,106
9,71156,17021,931
9,81057,86021,828
9,90659,59921,704
9,99761,47421,571
10,08763,47921,443
10,17865,59021,129
10,27467,80020,779
10,37770,11420,607
10,49172,55020,485
10,61275,13820,385
10,73777,79220,296
10,86680,53420,224
10,99683,36820,151
11,12486,22920,055
11,24889,19319,938
11,36592,20919,823
11,47795,23219,713
11,58398,32019,622
11,681101,49919,496
11,772104,76719,351
11,862108,17119,266

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.

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