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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	21,889	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

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.