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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 & HerzegovinaAlbaniaRomania
3,8113,08522,414
3,9013,06522,262
3,9193,04722,106
3,9233,03821,931
3,9403,02621,828
3,9753,01421,704
3,9912,99821,571
3,9932,97921,443
3,9902,95721,129
3,9872,93420,779
3,9852,91520,607
3,9832,90020,485
3,9802,89220,385
3,9772,88820,296
3,9732,88220,224
3,9682,87620,151
3,9632,86820,055
3,9572,86319,938
3,9512,86119,823
3,9442,85419,713
3,9372,84219,622
3,9292,82519,496
3,9212,79919,351
3,8762,78719,266

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.