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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.