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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Liberia	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	2,741	3,811	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	2,847	3,901	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	2,917	3,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	2,978	3,923	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	2,983	3,940	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,005	3,975	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,138	3,991	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,311	3,993	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,469	3,990	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	3,603	3,987	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	3,708	3,985	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	3,817	3,983	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	3,984	3,980	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	3,977	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,244	3,973	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,348	3,968	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,460	3,963	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,576	3,957	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,689	3,951	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,810	3,944	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	4,904	3,937	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,005	3,929	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,109	3,921	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,216	3,876	108,171

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.