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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	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 Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.