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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Sudan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	26,168	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	26,771	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	27,387	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	28,017	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	28,662	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	29,321	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	29,996	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	30,686	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	31,393	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	32,137	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	33,078	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	33,891	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	34,568	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	35,293	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	36,093	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	37,058	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	38,165	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	39,294	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	40,512	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	41,764	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	42,952	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	44,121	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	45,290	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	46,498	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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.