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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	Puerto Rico	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,800	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,811	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	3,819	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	3,824	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	3,826	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	3,827	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,822	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,805	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,783	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,761	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,741	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,722	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,679	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,636	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,589	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,534	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,473	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,411	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,352	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,295	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,268	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,247	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,232	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,228	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.