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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	2,316

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