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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LaosLithuaniaCongo - Kinshasa
5,2863,41951,181
5,3973,39552,782
5,4993,36754,453
5,5783,34056,170
5,6543,31357,860
5,7463,27659,599
5,8363,22361,474
5,9313,17263,479
6,0353,13465,590
6,1453,10267,800
6,2573,06870,114
6,3683,00472,550
6,4772,93775,138
6,5862,89877,792
6,6952,86980,534
6,8042,84483,368
6,9122,81886,229
7,0192,78289,193
7,1272,74492,209
7,2342,71895,232
7,3432,71098,320
7,4522,711101,499
7,5602,724104,767
7,6662,748108,171

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