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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 ZambiaBosnia & HerzegovinaIndonesia
10,3273,811208,105
10,6493,901211,408
10,9803,919214,475
11,2903,923217,516
11,5933,940220,549
11,9073,975224,473
12,2433,991227,534
12,6123,993230,739
13,0053,990233,918
13,4123,987237,056
13,8223,985240,140
14,2553,983243,171
14,7093,980246,150
15,1653,977249,086
15,6313,973251,947
16,1213,968254,702
16,6243,963257,351
17,1403,957259,906
17,6743,951262,379
18,2223,944264,789
18,7803,937267,142
19,3493,929269,437
19,9283,921271,674
20,4853,876273,409

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

Zambia

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

Indonesia

  • 1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
  • 1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309