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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	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	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.

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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

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.