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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 TunisiaRomaniaMoldovaLuxembourg
9,41722,4144,244433
9,51422,2624,199438
9,61322,1064,154443
9,71121,9314,108448
9,81021,8284,059454
9,90621,7044,013460
9,99721,5713,966467
10,08721,4433,919474
10,17821,1293,873482
10,27420,7793,829491
10,37720,6073,788500
10,49120,4853,748509
10,61220,3853,709521
10,73720,2963,671533
10,86620,2243,633547
10,99620,1513,595560
11,12420,0553,558571
11,24819,9383,522586
11,36519,8233,485599
11,47719,7133,448610
11,58319,6223,412623
11,68119,4963,376633
11,77219,3513,339643
11,86219,2663,570651

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, Moldova, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.