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Population

How many people the country actually has, counted at the start of each year.

3,693,708
1990
2,887,592
2026
×0.78
since 1990
01,853,1503,706,29919591970198019902000201020202026

Milestones

What Period Value
Highest 1992 3,706,299
Lowest 1959 2,696,700
Latest 2026 2,887,592

Method and caveats

Counted at the start of the year, both sexes, urban and rural together. The 2011 census rebased the series: the figures before and after it rest on different counting exercises, so part of the step between them is that rebasing rather than migration alone.