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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 ThailandBosnia & HerzegovinaRomania
59,7483,81122,414
60,1653,90122,262
60,7463,91922,106
61,3233,92321,931
61,8843,94021,828
62,4253,97521,704
62,9563,99121,571
63,4673,99321,443
63,9373,99021,129
64,3813,98720,779
64,8043,98520,607
65,2083,98320,485
65,5993,98020,385
65,9703,97720,296
66,3323,97320,224
66,6733,96820,151
66,9753,96320,055
67,2503,95719,938
67,5063,95119,823
67,7503,94419,713
67,9753,93719,622
68,1803,92919,496
68,3663,92119,351
68,4573,87619,266

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

Thailand

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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.