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

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.