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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	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	2,996	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	3,075	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	3,155	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	3,235	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	3,315	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	3,396	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	3,478	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	3,559	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	3,642	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	3,727	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	3,817	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	3,907	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	3,997	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	4,088	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	4,178	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	4,269	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	4,359	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	4,451	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	4,533	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	4,615	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	4,715	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	4,820	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	4,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	5,042	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, Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.