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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	Romania	Laos	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	5,286	433
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	5,397	438
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	5,499	443
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	5,578	448
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	5,654	454
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	5,746	460
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	5,836	467
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	5,931	474
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	6,035	482
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	6,145	491
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	6,257	500
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	6,368	509
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	6,477	521
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	6,586	533
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	6,695	547
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	6,804	560
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	6,912	571
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	7,019	586
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	7,127	599
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	7,234	610
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	7,343	623
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	7,452	633
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	7,560	643
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	7,666	651

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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