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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	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	295	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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