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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Benin	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	81,439	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	81,474	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	81,534	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	81,595	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	81,566	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	81,473	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	81,354	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	81,190	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	81,009	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	80,781	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	80,500	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	80,301	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	80,292	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	80,443	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,663	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	81,000	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	81,704	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	82,366	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	82,674	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	82,923	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	83,110	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	83,178	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	83,213	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	83,811	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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