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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.