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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaLaosLibya
51,1815,2864,993
52,7825,3975,116
54,4535,4995,237
56,1705,5785,357
57,8605,6545,476
59,5995,7465,595
61,4745,8365,715
63,4795,9315,835
65,5906,0355,967
67,8006,1456,115
70,1146,2576,270
72,5506,3686,432
75,1386,4776,144
77,7926,5865,849
80,5346,6956,010
83,3686,8046,163
86,2296,9126,291
89,1937,0196,415
92,2097,1276,549
95,2327,2346,689
98,3207,3436,826
101,4997,4526,960
104,7677,5607,088
108,1717,6667,169

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