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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	Saudi Arabia	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	19,964	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	20,426	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	20,956	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	21,549	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	22,189	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	22,850	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	23,516	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	24,178	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	24,841	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	25,518	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	26,227	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	27,068	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	27,810	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	28,516	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	29,220	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	29,936	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	30,646	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	31,360	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	32,184	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	32,869	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	33,661	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	34,542	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	33,651	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	34,081	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.

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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