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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 - KinshasaNamibiaLaos
51,1811,8415,286
52,7821,8935,397
54,4531,9455,499
56,1701,9815,578
57,8602,0085,654
59,5992,0345,746
61,4742,0605,836
63,4792,0865,931
65,5902,1136,035
67,8002,1416,145
70,1142,1706,257
72,5502,2016,368
75,1382,2326,477
77,7922,2686,586
80,5342,3126,695
83,3682,3606,804
86,2292,4086,912
89,1932,4567,019
92,2092,5057,127
95,2322,5547,234
98,3202,6027,343
101,4992,6517,452
104,7672,7007,560
108,1712,7397,666

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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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, Namibia, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.