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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 Central African RepublicHong Kong SAR ChinaBosnia & Herzegovina
3,8896,5873,811
3,9806,6463,901
4,0546,6953,919
4,1286,7253,923
4,2156,7123,940
4,2896,7653,975
4,3636,7943,991
4,4496,8383,993
4,5446,8973,990
4,6416,9383,987
4,7426,9533,985
4,8457,0043,983
4,9507,0523,980
5,0577,1303,977
5,1677,1593,973
5,2787,2093,968
5,3927,2713,963
5,5077,3163,957
5,6257,3723,951
5,7457,4323,944
5,8747,4873,937
6,0257,4603,929
6,1547,3923,921
6,2917,3873,876

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 Central African Republic, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.