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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	Benin	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	6,461	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	6,677	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	6,902	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	7,130	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	7,360	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	7,589	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	7,838	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	8,089	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	8,335	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	8,603	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	8,884	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	9,179	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	9,486	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	9,805	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	10,135	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	10,480	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	10,842	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	11,220	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	11,613	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	12,018	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	12,370	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	12,725	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	13,081	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	13,439	21,889

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