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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Laos	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	5,286	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	5,397	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	5,499	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	5,578	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	5,654	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	5,746	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	5,836	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	5,931	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	6,035	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	6,145	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	6,257	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	6,368	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	6,477	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	6,586	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	6,695	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	6,804	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	6,912	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	7,019	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	7,127	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	7,234	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	7,343	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	7,452	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	7,560	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	7,666	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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