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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Barbados	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	273	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	274	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	275	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	276	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	278	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	279	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	280	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	281	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	282	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	283	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	285	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	286	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	287	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	288	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	289	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	290	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	291	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	291	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	292	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	293	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	294	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	294	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	295	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	295	13,439

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.