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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	Qatar	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	627	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	659	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	691	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	724	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	757	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	850	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	1,001	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	1,153	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	1,306	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	1,460	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	1,615	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	1,770	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	1,904	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	2,010	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	2,103	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	2,187	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	2,261	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	2,326	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	2,384	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	2,435	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	2,480	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	2,519	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	2,553	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	2,559	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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.