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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	3,811	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	3,901	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	3,919	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	3,923	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	3,940	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	3,975	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	3,991	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	3,993	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	3,990	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	3,987	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	3,985	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	3,983	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	3,980	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	3,977	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	3,973	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	3,968	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	3,963	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	3,957	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	3,951	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	3,944	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	3,937	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	3,929	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	3,921	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	3,876	7,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.