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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	Mali	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	3,811	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	3,901	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	3,919	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	3,923	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	3,940	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	3,975	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	3,991	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	3,993	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	3,990	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	3,987	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	3,985	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	3,983	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	3,980	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,977	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,973	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,968	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,963	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,957	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,951	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,944	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,937	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,929	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,921	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,876	7,666

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