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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	Croatia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	4,377	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	4,334	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	4,171	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	4,176	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	4,176	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	4,179	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	4,182	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	4,183	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	4,183	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	4,181	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	4,177	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	4,167	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	4,154	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	4,141	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	4,126	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	4,109	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	4,081	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	4,047	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	4,006	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,968	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,945	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,925	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,839	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,790	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

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.