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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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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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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.