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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 & HerzegovinaRomaniaCentral African Republic
3,81122,4143,889
3,90122,2623,980
3,91922,1064,054
3,92321,9314,128
3,94021,8284,215
3,97521,7044,289
3,99121,5714,363
3,99321,4434,449
3,99021,1294,544
3,98720,7794,641
3,98520,6074,742
3,98320,4854,845
3,98020,3854,950
3,97720,2965,057
3,97320,2245,167
3,96820,1515,278
3,96320,0555,392
3,95719,9385,507
3,95119,8235,625
3,94419,7135,745
3,93719,6225,874
3,92919,4966,025
3,92119,3516,154
3,87619,2666,291

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 Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.