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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.