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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mauritania	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	295	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.

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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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Mauritania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.