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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 Dominican RepublicBosnia & HerzegovinaPortugal
8,1753,81110,144
8,3013,90110,215
8,4273,91910,288
8,5533,92310,344
8,6783,94010,383
8,8013,97510,408
8,9243,99110,427
9,0443,99310,446
9,1643,99010,467
9,2813,98710,482
9,3983,98510,492
9,5123,98310,497
9,6273,98010,481
9,7423,97710,439
9,8553,97310,382
9,9653,96810,326
10,0723,96310,283
10,1773,95710,251
10,2813,95110,226
10,3853,94410,209
10,4873,93710,212
10,5873,92910,223
10,6863,92110,214
10,7933,87610,200

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

Portugal

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
  • 1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
  • 1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.