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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	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	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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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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.