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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	Costa Rica	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	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 Costa Rica, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.