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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	117,924

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