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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	Burkina Faso	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	31,845

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 Burkina Faso, Nepal; the database as a whole is cited above.