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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 LiberiaParaguayBosnia & Herzegovina
2,7415,3663,811
2,8475,4733,901
2,9175,5793,919
2,9785,6833,923
2,9835,7863,940
3,0055,8863,975
3,1385,9843,991
3,3116,0803,993
3,4696,1733,990
3,6036,2643,987
3,7086,3523,985
3,8176,4383,983
3,9846,5223,980
4,1416,6053,977
4,2446,6883,973
4,3486,7693,968
4,4606,8503,963
4,5766,9303,957
4,6897,0123,951
4,8107,0953,944
4,9047,1793,937
5,0057,2633,929
5,1097,3483,921
5,2167,4323,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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