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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	Burkina Faso	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	5,907

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