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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Greece	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	10,618	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	10,662	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	10,718	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	10,757	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	10,783	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	10,809	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	10,841	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	10,874	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	10,901	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	10,930	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	10,959	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	10,973	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	10,957	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	10,898	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	10,819	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	10,747	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	10,677	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	10,633	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	10,612	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	10,590	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	10,579	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	10,556	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	10,499	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	10,437	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

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Bangladesh

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