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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	Yemen	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	16,728	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	17,236	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	17,762	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	18,310	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	18,855	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	19,410	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	20,000	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	20,611	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	21,236	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	21,878	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	22,533	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	23,195	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	23,880	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	24,594	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	25,311	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	26,020	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	26,698	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	27,347	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	27,985	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	28,608	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	29,216	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	29,811	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	30,399	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.