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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Chile	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	15,140	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	15,340	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	15,513	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	15,686	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	15,859	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	16,029	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	16,222	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	16,364	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	16,536	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	16,700	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	16,864	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	16,999	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	17,189	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	17,378	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	17,545	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	17,720	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	17,904	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	18,099	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	18,350	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	18,681	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	19,035	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	19,385	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	19,604	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.