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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sudan	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	26,168	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	26,771	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	27,387	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	28,017	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	28,662	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	29,321	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	29,996	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	30,686	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	31,393	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	32,137	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	33,078	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	33,891	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	34,568	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	35,293	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	36,093	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	37,058	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	38,165	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	39,294	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	40,512	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	41,764	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	42,952	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	44,121	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	45,290	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	46,498	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

Bangladesh

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

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