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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Philippines	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	79,346	3,811	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	81,131	3,901	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	83,023	3,919	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	84,876	3,923	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	86,697	3,940	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	88,568	3,975	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	90,418	3,991	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	92,253	3,993	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	94,098	3,990	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	95,923	3,987	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	97,627	3,985	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	99,317	3,983	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	100,999	3,980	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	102,618	3,977	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	104,299	3,973	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	106,076	3,968	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	107,868	3,963	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	109,493	3,957	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	111,094	3,951	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	112,843	3,944	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	114,636	3,937	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	117,026	3,929	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	119,473	3,921	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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.