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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 Sierra LeoneCongo - KinshasaBosnia & Herzegovina
3,73651,1813,811
3,80952,7823,901
4,04354,4533,919
4,28756,1703,923
4,46657,8603,940
4,60259,5993,975
4,70861,4743,991
4,81863,4793,993
4,91865,5903,990
5,02367,8003,987
5,13270,1143,985
5,24672,5503,983
5,36475,1383,980
5,48677,7923,977
5,61380,5343,973
5,74483,3683,968
5,87986,2293,963
6,01989,1933,957
6,16392,2093,951
6,31295,2323,944
6,46198,3203,937
6,611101,4993,929
6,761104,7673,921
6,910108,1713,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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