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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 - KinshasaLaosVenezuela
51,1815,28623,188
52,7825,39723,601
54,4535,49924,011
56,1705,57824,425
57,8605,65424,841
59,5995,74625,255
61,4745,83625,667
63,4795,93126,079
65,5906,03526,589
67,8006,14527,098
70,1146,25727,510
72,5506,36827,920
75,1386,47728,327
77,7926,58628,722
80,5346,69529,111
83,3686,80429,418
86,2296,91229,693
89,1937,01929,961
92,2097,12729,856
95,2327,23428,858
98,3207,34327,921
101,4997,45227,871
104,7677,56028,316
108,1717,66628,418

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

Venezuela

  • 1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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