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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	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	108,171	2,787

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