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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	St. Lucia	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	152	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	153	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	154	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	155	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	156	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	157	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	157	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	158	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	159	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	160	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	160	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	161	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	162	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	162	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	163	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	163	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	164	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	164	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	165	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	166	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	166	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	167	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	167	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	167	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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.