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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	Sudan	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	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

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