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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	Luxembourg	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	3,811	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	3,901	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	3,919	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	3,923	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	3,940	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	3,975	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	3,991	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	3,993	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	3,990	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	3,987	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	3,985	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	3,983	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	3,980	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	3,977	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	3,973	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	3,968	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	3,963	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	3,957	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	3,951	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	3,944	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	3,937	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	3,929	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	3,921	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	3,876	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 Barbados, Luxembourg, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.