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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	Ethiopia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.