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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 LaosOmanCongo - Kinshasa
5,2862,34851,181
5,3972,40352,782
5,4992,45754,453
5,5782,51056,170
5,6542,56257,860
5,7462,61359,599
5,8362,66361,474
5,9312,71363,479
6,0352,76465,590
6,1452,81667,800
6,2572,87170,114
6,3682,92872,550
6,4772,98675,138
6,5863,04777,792
6,6953,11080,534
6,8043,17483,368
6,9123,24086,229
7,0193,30789,193
7,1273,37592,209
7,2343,44495,232
7,3433,51298,320
7,4523,582101,499
7,5603,651104,767
7,6663,696108,171

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