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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	3,876	3,570

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

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.