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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	51,181	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	52,782	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	54,453	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	56,170	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	57,860	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	59,599	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	61,474	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	63,479	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	65,590	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	67,800	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	70,114	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	72,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	75,138	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	77,792	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	80,534	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	83,368	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	86,229	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	89,193	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	92,209	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	95,232	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	98,320	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	101,499	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	104,767	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	108,171	2,048

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

North Macedonia

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.