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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	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.

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.