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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaBurkina FasoVenezuela
3,81111,07523,188
3,90111,40523,601
3,91911,82824,011
3,92312,38024,425
3,94012,82924,841
3,97513,17825,255
3,99113,54025,667
3,99313,91726,079
3,99014,30926,589
3,98714,72227,098
3,98515,15227,510
3,98315,60027,920
3,98016,06428,327
3,97716,56328,722
3,97317,07229,111
3,96817,57529,418
3,96318,09429,693
3,95718,62129,961
3,95119,15729,856
3,94419,69828,858
3,93720,24227,921
3,92920,78827,871
3,92121,33628,316
3,87621,88928,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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