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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	3,800	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	3,811	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	3,819	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	3,824	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	3,826	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	3,827	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,822	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,805	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,783	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,761	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,741	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,722	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,679	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,636	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,589	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,534	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,473	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,411	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,352	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,295	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,268	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,247	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,232	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,228	46,498

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.