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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	530	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, Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.