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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	Lesotho	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	3,811	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	3,901	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	3,919	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	3,923	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	3,940	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	3,975	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	3,991	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	3,993	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	3,990	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	3,987	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	3,985	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	3,983	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	3,980	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	3,977	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	3,973	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	3,968	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	3,963	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	3,957	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	3,951	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	3,944	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	3,937	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	3,929	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	3,921	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	3,876	3,228

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Lesotho, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.