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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	Estonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	1,378	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	1,400	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	1,391	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	1,382	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	1,374	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	1,365	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	1,357	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	1,349	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	1,341	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	1,337	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	1,334	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	1,332	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	1,328	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	1,324	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	1,319	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	1,314	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	1,312	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	1,314	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	1,314	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	1,318	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	1,323	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	1,327	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	1,329	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	1,330	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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.