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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Central African Republic	Laos	Congo - Brazzaville
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	5,286	2,886
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	5,397	2,999
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	5,499	3,113
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	5,578	3,181
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	5,654	3,274
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	5,746	3,400
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	5,836	3,543
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	5,931	3,702
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	6,035	3,859
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	6,145	3,989
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	6,257	4,146
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	6,368	4,324
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	6,477	4,468
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	6,586	4,581
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	6,695	4,667
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	6,804	4,757
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	6,912	4,851
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	7,019	4,951
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	7,127	5,055
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	7,234	5,164
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	7,343	5,279
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	7,452	5,400
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	7,560	5,527
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	7,666	5,655

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 Central African Republic, Laos, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.