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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 SingaporeRomaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
3,95922,4143,811
4,02822,2623,901
4,13822,1063,919
4,17621,9313,923
4,11521,8283,940
4,16721,7043,975
4,26621,5713,991
4,40121,4433,993
4,58921,1293,990
4,83920,7793,987
4,98820,6073,985
5,07720,4853,983
5,18420,3853,980
5,31220,2963,977
5,39920,2243,973
5,47020,1513,968
5,53520,0553,963
5,60719,9383,957
5,61219,8233,951
5,63919,7133,944
5,70419,6223,937
5,68619,4963,929
5,71619,3513,921
5,75019,2663,876

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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