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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	Burkina Faso	Laos	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	5,286	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	5,397	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	5,499	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	5,578	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	5,654	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	5,746	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	5,836	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	5,931	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	6,035	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	6,145	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	6,257	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	6,368	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	6,477	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	6,586	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	6,695	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	6,804	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	6,912	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	7,019	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	7,127	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	7,234	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	7,343	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	7,452	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	7,560	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	7,666	3,876

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