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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 LaosMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
5,2864,24451,181
5,3974,19952,782
5,4994,15454,453
5,5784,10856,170
5,6544,05957,860
5,7464,01359,599
5,8363,96661,474
5,9313,91963,479
6,0353,87365,590
6,1453,82967,800
6,2573,78870,114
6,3683,74872,550
6,4773,70975,138
6,5863,67177,792
6,6953,63380,534
6,8043,59583,368
6,9123,55886,229
7,0193,52289,193
7,1273,48592,209
7,2343,44895,232
7,3433,41298,320
7,4523,376101,499
7,5603,339104,767
7,6663,570108,171

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