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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 Bosnia & HerzegovinaAlbaniaSpain
3,8113,08540,378
3,9013,06540,563
3,9193,04740,775
3,9233,03841,433
3,9403,02642,205
3,9753,01442,869
3,9912,99843,672
3,9932,97944,370
3,9902,95745,246
3,9872,93445,993
3,9852,91546,378
3,9832,90046,573
3,9802,89246,746
3,9772,88846,777
3,9732,88246,603
3,9682,87646,465
3,9632,86846,420
3,9572,86346,460
3,9512,86146,543
3,9442,85446,739
3,9372,84247,116
3,9292,82547,366
3,9212,79947,342
3,8762,78747,625

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.