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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 & HerzegovinaCape VerdeRomania
3,81142222,414
3,90143022,262
3,91943822,106
3,92344721,931
3,94045521,828
3,97546321,704
3,99147121,571
3,99347821,443
3,99048621,129
3,98749420,779
3,98550120,607
3,98350920,485
3,98051620,385
3,97752420,296
3,97353120,224
3,96853920,151
3,96354620,055
3,95755319,938
3,95156219,823
3,94456819,713
3,93757419,622
3,92958019,496
3,92158519,351
3,87659019,266

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 Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.