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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 RepublicPortugalBosnia & Herzegovina
8,17510,1443,811
8,30110,2153,901
8,42710,2883,919
8,55310,3443,923
8,67810,3833,940
8,80110,4083,975
8,92410,4273,991
9,04410,4463,993
9,16410,4673,990
9,28110,4823,987
9,39810,4923,985
9,51210,4973,983
9,62710,4813,980
9,74210,4393,977
9,85510,3823,973
9,96510,3263,968
10,07210,2833,963
10,17710,2513,957
10,28110,2263,951
10,38510,2093,944
10,48710,2123,937
10,58710,2233,929
10,68610,2143,921
10,79310,2003,876

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

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,

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.