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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	138	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	141	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	144	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	147	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	151	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	154	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	158	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	161	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	165	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	168	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	172	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	176	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	180	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	183	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	187	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	190	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	194	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	198	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	201	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	204	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	208	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	212	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	216	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.