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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Germany	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	81,439	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	81,474	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	81,534	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	81,595	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	81,566	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	81,473	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	81,354	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	81,190	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	81,009	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	80,781	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	80,500	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	80,301	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	80,292	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	80,443	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	80,663	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	81,000	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	81,704	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	82,366	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	82,674	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	82,923	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	83,110	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	83,178	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	83,213	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bangladesh

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