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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Laos	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	7,666	167

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Laos, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.