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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	78
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	79
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	80
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	81
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	82
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	83
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	84
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	85
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	86
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	87
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	87
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	88
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	89
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	91
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	92
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	92
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	93
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	94
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	95
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	96
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	97
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	98
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	98

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