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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	Cape Verde	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	422	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	430	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	438	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	447	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	455	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	463	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	471	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	478	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	486	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	494	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	501	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	509	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	516	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	524	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	531	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	539	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	546	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	553	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	562	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	568	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	574	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	580	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	585	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	590	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.

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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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.