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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 TunisiaOmanRomaniaDominica
9,4172,34822,41470
9,5142,40322,26271
9,6132,45722,10671
9,7112,51021,93172
9,8102,56221,82872
9,9062,61321,70472
9,9972,66321,57172
10,0872,71321,44372
10,1782,76421,12972
10,2742,81620,77973
10,3772,87120,60773
10,4912,92820,48573
10,6122,98620,38573
10,7373,04720,29673
10,8663,11020,22473
10,9963,17420,15173
11,1243,24020,05574
11,2483,30719,93874
11,3653,37519,82374
11,4773,44419,71374
11,5833,51219,62275
11,6813,58219,49675
11,7723,65119,35176
11,8623,69619,26676

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 Tunisia, Oman, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.