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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	18,494

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