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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	3,811	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	3,901	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	3,919	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	3,923	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	3,940	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	3,975	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	3,991	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	3,993	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	3,990	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	3,987	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	3,985	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	3,983	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	3,980	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	3,977	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	3,973	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	3,968	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	3,963	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	3,957	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	3,951	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	3,944	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	3,937	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	3,929	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	3,921	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	3,876	13,439

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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