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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	Central African Republic	Afghanistan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	22,206	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	22,461	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	22,507	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	23,600	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	25,005	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	25,698	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	26,335	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	27,154	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	27,387	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	27,706	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	28,484	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	29,121	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	29,758	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	30,420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	31,108	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	31,823	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	32,564	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	33,332	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	34,125	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	34,941	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	35,972	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	37,034	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	38,127	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	39,252	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 Central African Republic, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.