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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 & HerzegovinaRomaniaBangladesh
3,81122,414132,907
3,90122,262135,207
3,91922,106137,420
3,92321,931139,573
3,94021,828141,650
3,97521,704143,644
3,99121,571145,546
3,99321,443147,376
3,99021,129149,047
3,98720,779150,562
3,98520,607152,189
3,98320,485153,927
3,98020,385155,634
3,97720,296157,326
3,97320,224158,999
3,96820,151160,650
3,96320,055162,273
3,95719,938163,938
3,95119,823165,655
3,94419,713167,358
3,93719,622169,045
3,92919,496170,709
3,92119,351172,354
3,87619,266174,217

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

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.

Bangladesh

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