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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.