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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 - KinshasaLibyaBosnia & Herzegovina
51,1814,9933,811
52,7825,1163,901
54,4535,2373,919
56,1705,3573,923
57,8605,4763,940
59,5995,5953,975
61,4745,7153,991
63,4795,8353,993
65,5905,9673,990
67,8006,1153,987
70,1146,2703,985
72,5506,4323,983
75,1386,1443,980
77,7925,8493,977
80,5346,0103,973
83,3686,1633,968
86,2296,2913,963
89,1936,4153,957
92,2096,5493,951
95,2326,6893,944
98,3206,8263,937
101,4996,9603,929
104,7677,0883,921
108,1717,1693,876

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.

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