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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.