Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

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	Puerto Rico	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,800	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,811	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	3,819	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	3,824	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	3,826	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	3,827	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,822	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,805	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,783	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,761	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,741	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,722	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,679	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,636	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,589	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,534	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,473	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,411	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,352	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,295	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,268	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,247	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,232	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,228	21,889

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