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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 - KinshasaLaosTogo
51,1815,2864,852
52,7825,3974,992
54,4535,4995,135
56,1705,5785,278
57,8605,6545,425
59,5995,7465,578
61,4745,8365,715
63,4795,9315,865
65,5906,0356,042
67,8006,1456,220
70,1146,2576,405
72,5506,3686,587
75,1386,4776,772
77,7926,5866,961
80,5346,6957,154
83,3686,8047,351
86,2296,9127,552
89,1937,0197,757
92,2097,1277,965
95,2327,2348,176
98,3207,3438,376
101,4997,4528,579
104,7677,5608,784
108,1717,6668,991

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