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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	Denmark	Afghanistan	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	22,206	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	22,461	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	22,507	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	23,600	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	25,005	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	25,698	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	26,335	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	27,154	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	27,387	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	27,706	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	28,484	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	29,121	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	29,758	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	30,420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	31,108	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	31,823	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	32,564	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	33,332	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	34,125	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	34,941	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	35,972	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	37,034	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	38,127	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	39,252	3,876

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 Denmark, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.