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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Laos	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	5,286	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	5,397	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	5,499	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	5,578	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	5,654	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	5,746	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	5,836	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	5,931	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	6,035	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	6,145	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	6,257	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	6,368	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	6,477	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	6,586	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	6,695	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	6,804	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	6,912	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	7,019	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	7,127	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	7,234	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	7,343	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	7,452	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	7,560	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	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.

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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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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