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

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.