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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 & HerzegovinaRomaniaLiberia
3,81122,4142,741
3,90122,2622,847
3,91922,1062,917
3,92321,9312,978
3,94021,8282,983
3,97521,7043,005
3,99121,5713,138
3,99321,4433,311
3,99021,1293,469
3,98720,7793,603
3,98520,6073,708
3,98320,4853,817
3,98020,3853,984
3,97720,2964,141
3,97320,2244,244
3,96820,1514,348
3,96320,0554,460
3,95719,9384,576
3,95119,8234,689
3,94419,7134,810
3,93719,6224,904
3,92919,4965,005
3,92119,3515,109
3,87619,2665,216

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.

Liberia

  • 1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.