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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Moldova	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	4,244	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	4,199	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	4,154	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	4,108	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	4,059	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	4,013	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,966	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,919	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,873	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,829	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,788	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,748	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,709	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,671	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,633	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,595	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,558	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,522	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,485	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,448	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,412	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,376	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,339	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,570	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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