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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Denmark	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	5,322	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	5,339	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	5,358	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	5,377	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	5,391	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	5,404	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	5,420	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	5,438	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	5,461	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	5,494	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	5,524	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	5,548	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	5,571	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	5,592	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	5,614	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	5,644	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	5,683	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	5,730	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	5,766	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	5,795	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	5,818	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	5,831	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	5,855	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	5,907	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

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 Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.