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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	Malta	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	387	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	390	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	393	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	396	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	398	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	401	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	404	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	405	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	406	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	409	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	412	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	414	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	416	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	426	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	435	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	445	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	455	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	468	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	485	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	504	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	516	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	518	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	530	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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.