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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	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	3,889	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	3,980	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	4,054	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	4,128	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	4,215	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	4,289	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	4,363	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	4,449	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	4,544	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	4,641	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	4,742	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	4,845	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	4,950	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	5,057	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	5,167	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	5,278	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	5,392	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	5,507	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	5,625	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	5,745	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	5,874	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	6,025	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	6,154	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	6,291	108,171

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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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, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.