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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 GreeceBosnia & HerzegovinaCentral African Republic
10,6183,8113,889
10,6623,9013,980
10,7183,9194,054
10,7573,9234,128
10,7833,9404,215
10,8093,9754,289
10,8413,9914,363
10,8743,9934,449
10,9013,9904,544
10,9303,9874,641
10,9593,9854,742
10,9733,9834,845
10,9573,9804,950
10,8983,9775,057
10,8193,9735,167
10,7473,9685,278
10,6773,9635,392
10,6333,9575,507
10,6123,9515,625
10,5903,9445,745
10,5793,9375,874
10,5563,9296,025
10,4993,9216,154
10,4373,8766,291

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

Greece

  • 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
  • 1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
  • 1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
  • 1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.