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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	Dominica	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	70	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	71	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	71	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	72	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	72	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	72	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	72	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	72	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	72	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	73	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	73	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	73	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	73	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	73	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	73	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	73	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	74	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	74	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	74	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	74	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	75	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	75	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	76	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	76	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.

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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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.