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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 GermanyRomaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
81,43922,4143,811
81,47422,2623,901
81,53422,1063,919
81,59521,9313,923
81,56621,8283,940
81,47321,7043,975
81,35421,5713,991
81,19021,4433,993
81,00921,1293,990
80,78120,7793,987
80,50020,6073,985
80,30120,4853,983
80,29220,3853,980
80,44320,2963,977
80,66320,2243,973
81,00020,1513,968
81,70420,0553,963
82,36619,9383,957
82,67419,8233,951
82,92319,7133,944
83,11019,6223,937
83,17819,4963,929
83,21319,3513,921
83,81119,2663,876

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.

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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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project