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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 & HerzegovinaSt. LuciaRomania
3,81115222,414
3,90115322,262
3,91915422,106
3,92315521,931
3,94015621,828
3,97515721,704
3,99115721,571
3,99315821,443
3,99015921,129
3,98716020,779
3,98516020,607
3,98316120,485
3,98016220,385
3,97716220,296
3,97316320,224
3,96816320,151
3,96316420,055
3,95716419,938
3,95116519,823
3,94416619,713
3,93716619,622
3,92916719,496
3,92116719,351
3,87616719,266

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 St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.