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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Canada	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	30,510	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	30,796	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	31,132	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	31,473	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	31,758	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	32,055	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	32,360	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	32,688	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	33,007	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	33,367	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	33,750	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	34,127	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	34,463	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	34,839	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	35,209	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	35,565	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	35,831	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	36,239	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	36,677	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	37,198	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	37,736	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	38,174	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	38,383	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	38,685	174,217

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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

Bangladesh

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