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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaSierra LeoneCongo - Kinshasa
3,8113,73651,181
3,9013,80952,782
3,9194,04354,453
3,9234,28756,170
3,9404,46657,860
3,9754,60259,599
3,9914,70861,474
3,9934,81863,479
3,9904,91865,590
3,9875,02367,800
3,9855,13270,114
3,9835,24672,550
3,9805,36475,138
3,9775,48677,792
3,9735,61380,534
3,9685,74483,368
3,9635,87986,229
3,9576,01989,193
3,9516,16392,209
3,9446,31295,232
3,9376,46198,320
3,9296,611101,499
3,9216,761104,767
3,8766,910108,171

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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.