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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	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	39,252

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