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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	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

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.