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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	Mali	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	10,596	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	10,833	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	10,890	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	11,007	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	11,307	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	11,579	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	11,804	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	12,043	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	12,337	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	12,657	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	12,986	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	13,325	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	13,679	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	14,040	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	14,412	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	14,803	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	15,210	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	15,629	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	16,060	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	16,507	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	16,967	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	17,442	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	17,930	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	18,494	7,666

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 Mali, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.