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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	Kuwait	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	1,926	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	1,982	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	2,038	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	2,094	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	2,151	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	2,208	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	2,268	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	2,329	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	2,388	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	2,446	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	2,502	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	2,556	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	2,609	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	2,660	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	2,710	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	2,757	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	2,804	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	2,848	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,891	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	2,933	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	2,972	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,011	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,048	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,061	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

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