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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	3,811	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	3,901	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	3,919	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	3,923	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	3,940	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	3,975	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	3,991	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	3,993	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	3,990	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	3,987	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	3,985	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	3,983	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	3,980	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	3,977	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	3,973	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	3,968	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	3,963	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	3,957	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	3,951	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	3,944	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	3,937	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	3,929	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	3,921	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	3,876	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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