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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	Sudan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	26,168	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	26,771	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	27,387	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	28,017	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	28,662	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	29,321	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	29,996	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	30,686	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	31,393	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	32,137	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	33,078	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	33,891	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	34,568	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	35,293	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	36,093	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	37,058	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	38,165	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	39,294	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	40,512	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	41,764	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	42,952	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	44,121	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	45,290	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	46,498	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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.