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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 VietnamRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
78,39422,41451,181
79,47222,26252,782
80,54622,10654,453
81,63721,93156,170
82,72021,82857,860
83,82121,70459,599
84,94221,57161,474
86,03621,44363,479
87,13621,12965,590
88,25320,77967,800
89,37320,60770,114
90,48120,48572,550
91,59120,38575,138
92,72020,29677,792
93,88320,22480,534
95,05520,15183,368
96,22220,05586,229
97,38019,93889,193
98,50719,82392,209
99,60419,71395,232
100,69519,62298,320
101,77119,496101,499
102,81519,351104,767
103,57419,266108,171

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