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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Central African Republic	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,889	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,980	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	4,054	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	4,128	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	4,215	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	4,289	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	4,363	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	4,449	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	4,544	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	4,641	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	4,742	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	4,845	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	4,950	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	5,057	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	5,167	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	5,278	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	5,392	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	5,507	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	5,625	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	5,745	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	5,874	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	6,025	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	6,154	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	6,291	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.

All data sources

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

Bangladesh

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

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.