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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	21,889	7,666

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 Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.