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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	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	10,596	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	10,833	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	10,890	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	11,007	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	11,307	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	11,579	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	11,804	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	12,043	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	12,337	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	12,657	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	12,986	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	13,325	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	13,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	14,040	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	14,412	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	14,803	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	15,210	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	15,629	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	16,060	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	16,507	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	16,967	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	17,442	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	17,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	18,494	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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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, Mali, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.