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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Italy	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	56,940	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	56,966	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	57,004	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	57,114	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	57,423	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	57,852	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	58,191	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	58,424	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	58,781	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	59,236	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	59,580	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	59,844	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	60,052	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	60,216	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	60,337	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	60,346	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	60,255	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	60,140	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	60,027	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	59,902	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	59,754	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	59,464	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	59,158	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	58,966	3,876

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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