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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Laos	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	121,234

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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