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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaCongo - KinshasaBosnia & Herzegovina
2737051,1813,811
2747152,7823,901
2757154,4533,919
2767256,1703,923
2787257,8603,940
2797259,5993,975
2807261,4743,991
2817263,4793,993
2827265,5903,990
2837367,8003,987
2857370,1143,985
2867372,5503,983
2877375,1383,980
2887377,7923,977
2897380,5343,973
2907383,3683,968
2917486,2293,963
2917489,1933,957
2927492,2093,951
2937495,2323,944
2947598,3203,937
29475101,4993,929
29576104,7673,921
29576108,1713,876

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 Barbados, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.