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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sweden	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	8,858	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	8,872	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	8,896	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	8,925	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	8,958	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	8,994	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	9,030	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	9,081	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	9,148	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	9,220	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	9,299	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	9,378	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	9,449	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	9,519	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	9,600	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	9,696	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	9,799	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	9,923	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	10,058	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	10,175	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	10,279	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	10,354	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	10,416	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	10,487	19,266

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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.