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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	Nepal	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	23,087	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	23,487	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	23,887	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	24,273	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	24,645	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	24,989	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	25,255	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	25,484	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	25,732	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	25,998	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	26,298	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	26,664	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	27,081	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	27,505	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	27,917	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	28,311	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	28,678	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	29,034	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	29,384	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	29,718	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	30,057	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	30,595	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	31,311	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	31,845	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.

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