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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 ZambiaRomaniaGeorgia
10,32722,4144,848
10,64922,2624,814
10,98022,1064,789
11,29021,9314,771
11,59321,8284,746
11,90721,7044,739
12,24321,5714,786
12,61221,4434,826
13,00521,1294,820
13,41220,7794,819
13,82220,6074,851
14,25520,4854,898
14,70920,3854,934
15,16520,2964,946
15,63120,2244,938
16,12120,1514,931
16,62420,0554,927
17,14019,9384,924
17,67419,8234,922
18,22219,7134,922
18,78019,6224,923
19,34919,4964,926
19,92819,3514,929
20,48519,2664,911

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

Zambia

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Georgia; the database as a whole is cited above.