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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 NamibiaRomaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
1,84122,4143,811
1,89322,2623,901
1,94522,1063,919
1,98121,9313,923
2,00821,8283,940
2,03421,7043,975
2,06021,5713,991
2,08621,4433,993
2,11321,1293,990
2,14120,7793,987
2,17020,6073,985
2,20120,4853,983
2,23220,3853,980
2,26820,2963,977
2,31220,2243,973
2,36020,1513,968
2,40820,0553,963
2,45619,9383,957
2,50519,8233,951
2,55419,7133,944
2,60219,6223,937
2,65119,4963,929
2,70019,3513,921
2,73919,2663,876

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

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

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