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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 & HerzegovinaRomania
10,3273,81122,414
10,6493,90122,262
10,9803,91922,106
11,2903,92321,931
11,5933,94021,828
11,9073,97521,704
12,2433,99121,571
12,6123,99321,443
13,0053,99021,129
13,4123,98720,779
13,8223,98520,607
14,2553,98320,485
14,7093,98020,385
15,1653,97720,296
15,6313,97320,224
16,1213,96820,151
16,6243,96320,055
17,1403,95719,938
17,6743,95119,823
18,2223,94419,713
18,7803,93719,622
19,3493,92919,496
19,9283,92119,351
20,4853,87619,266

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

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

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.