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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	Malta	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	387	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	390	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	393	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	396	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	398	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	401	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	404	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	405	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	406	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	409	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	412	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	414	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	416	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	420	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	426	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	435	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	445	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	455	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	468	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	485	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	504	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	516	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	518	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	530	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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.