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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	17,106	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	17,552	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	18,010	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	18,438	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	18,895	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	19,432	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	19,968	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	20,512	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	21,097	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	21,699	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	22,285	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	22,845	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	23,343	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	23,879	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	24,492	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	25,104	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	25,719	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	26,348	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	26,984	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	27,614	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	28,252	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	28,895	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	29,546	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	30,279	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 Côte d’Ivoire, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.