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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Central African Republic | Ecuador | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,889 | 12,268 | 3,811 | |
| 3,980 | 12,446 | 3,901 | |
| 4,054 | 12,629 | 3,919 | |
| 4,128 | 12,827 | 3,923 | |
| 4,215 | 13,074 | 3,940 | |
| 4,289 | 13,368 | 3,975 | |
| 4,363 | 13,661 | 3,991 | |
| 4,449 | 13,915 | 3,993 | |
| 4,544 | 14,133 | 3,990 | |
| 4,641 | 14,352 | 3,987 | |
| 4,742 | 14,569 | 3,985 | |
| 4,845 | 14,786 | 3,983 | |
| 4,950 | 15,002 | 3,980 | |
| 5,057 | 15,218 | 3,977 | |
| 5,167 | 15,433 | 3,973 | |
| 5,278 | 15,647 | 3,968 | |
| 5,392 | 15,860 | 3,963 | |
| 5,507 | 16,072 | 3,957 | |
| 5,625 | 16,282 | 3,951 | |
| 5,745 | 16,489 | 3,944 | |
| 5,874 | 16,693 | 3,937 | |
| 6,025 | 16,894 | 3,929 | |
| 6,154 | 17,093 | 3,921 | |
| 6,291 | 17,288 | 3,876 |
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.
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
Ecuador
- 1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project
No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.