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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	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	11,075	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	11,405	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	11,828	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,380	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	12,829	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,178	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,540	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,309	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,722	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	15,152	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	15,600	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	16,064	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	16,563	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	17,072	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	17,575	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	18,094	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	18,621	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,157	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,698	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	20,242	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	20,788	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	21,336	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	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.

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