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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Oman	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	2,348	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	2,403	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	2,457	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	2,510	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	2,562	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	2,613	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	2,663	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	2,713	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	2,764	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	2,816	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	2,871	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	2,928	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	2,986	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,047	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,110	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,174	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,240	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,307	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,375	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,444	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,512	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,582	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,651	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,696	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: 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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.