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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	31,058

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