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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	Cape Verde	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	422	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	430	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	438	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	447	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	455	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	463	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	471	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	478	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	486	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	494	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	501	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	516	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	524	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	531	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	539	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	546	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	553	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	562	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	568	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	574	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	580	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	585	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	590	3,876	21,889

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.