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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	Armenia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	2,970	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	2,966	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	2,965	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	2,962	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	2,955	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	2,953	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	2,951	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	2,948	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	2,946	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	2,943	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	2,941	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	2,939	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	2,937	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	2,934	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	2,932	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	2,928	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	2,924	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	2,919	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,913	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	2,907	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	2,899	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	2,891	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	2,881	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	2,871	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 Armenia, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.