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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	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	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.

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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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.