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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bangladesh	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	132,907	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	135,207	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	137,420	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	139,573	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	141,650	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	143,644	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	145,546	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	147,376	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	149,047	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	150,562	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	152,189	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	153,927	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	155,634	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	157,326	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	158,999	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	160,650	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	162,273	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	163,938	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	165,655	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	167,358	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	169,045	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	170,709	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	172,354	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	174,217	6,291

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.

All data sources

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.