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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	3,811	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	3,901	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	3,919	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	3,923	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	3,940	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	3,975	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	3,991	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	3,993	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	3,990	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	3,987	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	3,985	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	3,983	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	3,980	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	3,977	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	3,973	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	3,968	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	3,963	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	3,957	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	3,951	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	3,944	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	3,937	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	3,929	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	3,921	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	3,876	31,058

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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