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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CroatiaLaosCongo - Kinshasa
4,3775,28651,181
4,3345,39752,782
4,1715,49954,453
4,1765,57856,170
4,1765,65457,860
4,1795,74659,599
4,1825,83661,474
4,1835,93163,479
4,1836,03565,590
4,1816,14567,800
4,1776,25770,114
4,1676,36872,550
4,1546,47775,138
4,1416,58677,792
4,1266,69580,534
4,1096,80483,368
4,0816,91286,229
4,0477,01989,193
4,0067,12792,209
3,9687,23495,232
3,9457,34398,320
3,9257,452101,499
3,8397,560104,767
3,7907,666108,171

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 Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.