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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	3,876	21,889

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

Bangladesh

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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