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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Côte d’Ivoire	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	17,106	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,552	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	18,010	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,438	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,895	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,432	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	19,968	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,512	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,097	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,699	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,285	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	22,845	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,343	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	23,879	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	24,492	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	25,104	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	25,719	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	26,348	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	26,984	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	27,614	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	28,252	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	28,895	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	29,546	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	30,279	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.