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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	Laos	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.