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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 TunisiaRomaniaCongo - KinshasaLuxembourg
9,41722,41451,181433
9,51422,26252,782438
9,61322,10654,453443
9,71121,93156,170448
9,81021,82857,860454
9,90621,70459,599460
9,99721,57161,474467
10,08721,44363,479474
10,17821,12965,590482
10,27420,77967,800491
10,37720,60770,114500
10,49120,48572,550509
10,61220,38575,138521
10,73720,29677,792533
10,86620,22480,534547
10,99620,15183,368560
11,12420,05586,229571
11,24819,93889,193586
11,36519,82392,209599
11,47719,71395,232610
11,58319,62298,320623
11,68119,496101,499633
11,77219,351104,767643
11,86219,266108,171651

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