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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	Benin	Oman	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	2,348	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	2,403	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	2,457	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	2,510	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	2,562	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	2,613	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,663	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,713	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,764	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,816	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,871	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,928	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,986	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	3,047	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	3,110	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	3,174	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	3,240	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	3,307	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	3,375	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	3,444	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	3,512	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	3,582	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	3,651	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	3,696	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 Benin, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.