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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Liberia	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,741	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,847	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,917	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,978	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,983	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	3,005	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	3,138	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	3,311	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	3,469	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	3,603	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	3,708	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	3,817	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	3,984	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	4,141	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	4,244	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	4,348	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	4,460	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	4,576	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	4,689	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	4,810	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	4,904	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,005	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,109	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,216	7,666

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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