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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	Moldova	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	4,244	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	4,199	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	4,154	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	4,108	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	4,059	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	4,013	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,966	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,919	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,873	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,829	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,788	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,748	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,709	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,671	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,633	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,595	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,558	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,522	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,485	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,448	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,412	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,376	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,339	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,570	7,387

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 Moldova, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.