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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 RepublicBelgiumBosnia & Herzegovina
8,17510,2273,811
8,30110,2523,901
8,42710,2883,919
8,55310,3343,923
8,67810,3773,940
8,80110,4223,975
8,92410,4803,991
9,04410,5493,993
9,16410,6273,990
9,28110,7113,987
9,39810,7973,985
9,51210,8973,983
9,62711,0393,980
9,74211,1083,977
9,85511,1603,973
9,96511,2103,968
10,07211,2753,963
10,17711,3323,957
10,28111,3763,951
10,38511,4293,944
10,48711,4913,937
10,58711,5463,929
10,68611,5943,921
10,79311,6953,876

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

Belgium

  • 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
  • 1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
  • 1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
  • 1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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