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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	21,889	3,876

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

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.