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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	5,657

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