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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 Congo - KinshasaBosnia & HerzegovinaSingapore
51,1813,8113,959
52,7823,9014,028
54,4533,9194,138
56,1703,9234,176
57,8603,9404,115
59,5993,9754,167
61,4743,9914,266
63,4793,9934,401
65,5903,9904,589
67,8003,9874,839
70,1143,9854,988
72,5503,9835,077
75,1383,9805,184
77,7923,9775,312
80,5343,9735,399
83,3683,9685,470
86,2293,9635,535
89,1933,9575,607
92,2093,9515,612
95,2323,9445,639
98,3203,9375,704
101,4993,9295,686
104,7673,9215,716
108,1713,8765,750

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

Singapore

  • 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.