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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	273	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	274	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	275	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	276	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	278	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	279	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	280	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	281	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	282	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	283	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	285	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	286	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	287	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	288	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	289	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	290	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	291	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	291	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	292	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	293	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	294	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	294	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	295	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	295	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.