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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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