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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 South KoreaRomaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
46,61722,4143,811
47,00822,2623,901
47,37022,1063,919
47,64521,9313,923
47,89221,8283,940
48,08321,7043,975
48,18521,5713,991
48,43821,4433,993
48,68421,1293,990
49,05520,7793,987
49,30820,6073,985
49,55420,4853,983
49,93720,3853,980
50,20020,2963,977
50,42920,2243,973
50,74720,1513,968
51,01520,0553,963
51,21819,9383,957
51,36219,8233,951
51,58519,7133,944
51,76519,6223,937
51,83619,4963,929
51,74519,3513,921
51,73119,2663,876

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

South Korea

  • 1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
  • 1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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