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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	Malta	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	387	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	390	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	393	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	396	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	398	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	401	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	404	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	405	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	406	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	409	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	412	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	414	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	416	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	420	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	426	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	435	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	445	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	455	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	468	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	485	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	504	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	516	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	518	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	530	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 Malta, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.