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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mauritania	Congo - Kinshasa	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	2,437	51,181	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	2,501	52,782	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	2,566	54,453	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	2,632	56,170	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	2,699	57,860	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	2,768	59,599	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	2,838	61,474	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	2,909	63,479	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	2,981	65,590	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	3,055	67,800	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	3,129	70,114	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	3,205	72,550	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	3,282	75,138	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	3,359	77,792	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	3,438	80,534	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	3,517	83,368	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	3,597	86,229	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	3,677	89,193	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	3,759	92,209	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	3,840	95,232	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	3,942	98,320	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	4,045	101,499	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	4,150	104,767	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	4,259	108,171	3,876

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.

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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