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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	Liberia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	3,876	2,787

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.

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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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.