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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Central African Republic	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,889	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,980	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,054	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,128	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,215	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,289	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	4,363	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	4,449	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	4,544	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,641	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,742	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,845	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,950	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	5,057	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	5,167	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,278	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,392	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,507	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,625	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,745	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,874	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	6,025	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	6,154	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	6,291	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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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