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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	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,811	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,901	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,919	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,923	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,940	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,975	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,991	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,993	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,990	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,987	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,985	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,983	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,980	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,977	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,973	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,968	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,963	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,957	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,951	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,944	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,937	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,929	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,921	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,876	3,061

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 Barbados, Kuwait; the database as a whole is cited above.