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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Albania	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,085	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,065	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	3,047	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	3,038	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	3,026	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	3,014	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	2,998	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	2,979	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	2,957	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	2,934	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	2,915	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	2,900	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	2,892	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	2,888	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	2,882	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	2,876	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	2,868	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	2,863	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	2,861	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	2,854	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	2,842	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	2,825	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	2,799	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	2,787	23,796

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 Albania, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.