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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.