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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	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	2,124

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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.