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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	Dominican Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	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 Dominican Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.