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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Congo - Kinshasa	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	108,171	7,387

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.