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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 & HerzegovinaEcuadorBangladesh
3,81112,268132,907
3,90112,446135,207
3,91912,629137,420
3,92312,827139,573
3,94013,074141,650
3,97513,368143,644
3,99113,661145,546
3,99313,915147,376
3,99014,133149,047
3,98714,352150,562
3,98514,569152,189
3,98314,786153,927
3,98015,002155,634
3,97715,218157,326
3,97315,433158,999
3,96815,647160,650
3,96315,860162,273
3,95716,072163,938
3,95116,282165,655
3,94416,489167,358
3,93716,693169,045
3,92916,894170,709
3,92117,093172,354
3,87617,288174,217

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

Ecuador

  • 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995