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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 TunisiaYemenRomania
9,41716,72822,414
9,51417,23622,262
9,61317,76222,106
9,71118,31021,931
9,81018,85521,828
9,90619,41021,704
9,99720,00021,571
10,08720,61121,443
10,17821,23621,129
10,27421,87820,779
10,37722,53320,607
10,49123,19520,485
10,61223,88020,385
10,73724,59420,296
10,86625,31120,224
10,99626,02020,151
11,12426,69820,055
11,24827,34719,938
11,36527,98519,823
11,47728,60819,713
11,58329,21619,622
11,68129,81119,496
11,77230,39919,351
11,86231,05819,266

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.