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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	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 Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.