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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	138	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	141	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	144	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	147	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	151	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	154	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	158	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	161	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	165	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	168	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	172	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	176	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	180	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	183	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	187	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	190	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	194	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	198	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	201	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	204	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	208	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	212	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	216	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	220	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, São Tomé & Príncipe, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.