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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Laos	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	19,715

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.