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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 LebanonCongo - KinshasaBosnia & Herzegovina
3,46051,1813,811
3,49952,7823,901
3,55454,4533,919
3,61056,1703,923
3,66557,8603,940
3,72159,5993,975
3,77761,4743,991
3,85363,4793,993
3,95465,5903,990
4,03667,8003,987
4,08270,1143,985
4,09772,5503,983
4,11575,1383,980
4,20677,7923,977
4,69680,5343,973
5,36583,3683,968
5,64086,2293,963
5,68889,1933,957
5,68092,2093,951
5,56295,2323,944
5,33198,3203,937
4,986101,4993,929
4,802104,7673,921
4,713108,1713,876

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.

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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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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