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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	Puerto Rico	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	3,800	3,811	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	3,811	3,901	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	3,819	3,919	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	3,824	3,923	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	3,826	3,940	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	3,827	3,975	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	3,822	3,991	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	3,805	3,993	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	3,783	3,990	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	3,761	3,987	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	3,741	3,985	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	3,722	3,983	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	3,679	3,980	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	3,636	3,977	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	3,589	3,973	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	3,534	3,968	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	3,473	3,963	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	3,411	3,957	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	3,352	3,951	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	3,295	3,944	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	3,268	3,937	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	3,247	3,929	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	3,232	3,921	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	3,228	3,876	6,291

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.