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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaLaosBotswana
51,1815,2861,630
52,7825,3971,665
54,4535,4991,698
56,1705,5781,730
57,8605,6541,761
59,5995,7461,792
61,4745,8361,824
63,4795,9311,857
65,5906,0351,890
67,8006,1451,923
70,1146,2571,956
72,5506,3681,990
75,1386,4772,023
77,7926,5862,057
80,5346,6952,091
83,3686,8042,125
86,2296,9122,159
89,1937,0192,194
92,2097,1272,228
95,2327,2342,262
98,3207,3432,297
101,4997,4522,331
104,7677,5602,365
108,1717,6662,403

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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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, Laos, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.