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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 NorwayAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
4,4633,0853,811
4,4923,0653,901
4,5153,0473,919
4,5393,0383,923
4,5663,0263,940
4,5933,0143,975
4,6242,9983,991
4,6622,9793,993
4,7102,9573,990
4,7692,9343,987
4,8302,9153,985
4,8902,9003,983
4,9542,8923,980
5,0202,8883,977
5,0812,8823,973
5,1382,8763,968
5,1912,8683,963
5,2372,8633,957
5,2782,8613,951
5,3132,8543,944
5,3492,8423,937
5,3802,8253,929
5,4092,7993,921
5,4582,7873,876

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

Norway

  • 1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
  • 1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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