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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	108,171	3,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.