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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	Barbados	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	273	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	274	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	275	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	276	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	278	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	279	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	280	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	281	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	282	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	283	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	285	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	286	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	287	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	288	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	289	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	290	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	291	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	291	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	292	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	293	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	294	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	294	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	295	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	295	39,252

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.

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