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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date TurkmenistanBosnia & HerzegovinaLaos
4,3243,8115,286
4,3853,9015,397
4,4443,9195,499
4,5023,9235,578
4,5563,9405,654
4,6083,9755,746
4,6643,9915,836
4,7193,9935,931
4,7733,9906,035
4,8283,9876,145
4,8843,9856,257
4,9403,9836,368
4,9963,9806,477
5,0533,9776,586
5,1103,9736,695
5,1693,9686,804
5,2273,9636,912
5,2873,9577,019
5,3463,9517,127
5,4053,9447,234
5,4643,9377,343
5,5223,9297,452
5,5793,9217,560
5,6573,8767,666

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.

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