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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosLuxembourgBosnia & HerzegovinaEstonia
2734333,8111,378
2744383,9011,400
2754433,9191,391
2764483,9231,382
2784543,9401,374
2794603,9751,365
2804673,9911,357
2814743,9931,349
2824823,9901,341
2834913,9871,337
2855003,9851,334
2865093,9831,332
2875213,9801,328
2885333,9771,324
2895473,9731,319
2905603,9681,314
2915713,9631,312
2915863,9571,314
2925993,9511,314
2936103,9441,318
2946233,9371,323
2946333,9291,327
2956433,9211,329
2956513,8761,330

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, Luxembourg, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.