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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	Laos	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	3,811	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	3,901	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	3,919	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	3,923	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	3,940	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	3,975	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	3,991	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	3,993	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	3,990	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	3,987	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	3,985	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	3,983	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	3,980	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	3,977	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	3,973	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	3,968	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	3,963	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	3,957	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	3,951	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	3,944	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	3,937	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	3,929	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	3,921	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	3,876	3,696

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