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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	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	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 Benin, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.