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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	3,876	1,330

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

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 Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.