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