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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	Denmark	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	5,322	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	5,339	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	5,358	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	5,377	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	5,391	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	5,404	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	5,420	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	5,438	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	5,461	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	5,494	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	5,524	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	5,548	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	5,571	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	5,592	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	5,614	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	5,644	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	5,683	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	5,730	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	5,766	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	5,795	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	5,818	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	5,831	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	5,855	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	5,907	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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.