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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lebanon	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,460	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,499	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	3,554	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	3,610	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	3,665	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	3,721	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,777	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,853	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,954	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	4,036	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	4,082	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	4,097	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	4,115	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	4,206	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	4,696	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	5,365	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	5,640	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	5,688	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	5,680	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	5,562	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	5,331	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	4,986	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	4,802	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	4,713	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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bangladesh

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