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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	Yemen	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	3,811	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	3,901	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	3,919	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	3,923	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	3,940	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	3,975	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	3,991	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	3,993	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	3,990	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	3,987	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	3,985	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	3,983	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	3,980	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	3,977	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	3,973	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	3,968	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	3,963	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	3,957	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	3,951	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	3,944	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	3,937	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	3,929	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	3,921	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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