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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	2,059

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

No separate list is published for Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.