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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	30,279

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, Laos, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.