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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 ZambiaRomaniaBulgaria
10,32722,4148,091
10,64922,2628,052
10,98022,1067,798
11,29021,9317,755
11,59321,8287,710
11,90721,7047,668
12,24321,5717,628
12,61221,4437,587
13,00521,1297,549
13,41220,7797,513
13,82220,6077,475
14,25520,4857,425
14,70920,3857,242
15,16520,2967,200
15,63120,2247,160
16,12120,1517,119
16,62420,0557,074
17,14019,9387,024
17,67419,8236,973
18,22219,7136,923
18,78019,6226,874
19,34919,4966,833
19,92819,3516,778
20,48519,2666,720

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.

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.

Bulgaria

  • 1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006