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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	Saudi Arabia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,286	19,964	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,397	20,426	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,499	20,956	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,578	21,549	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,654	22,189	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,746	22,850	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,836	23,516	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,931	24,178	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,035	24,841	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,145	25,518	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,257	26,227	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,368	27,068	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,477	27,810	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,586	28,516	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	6,695	29,220	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	6,804	29,936	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	6,912	30,646	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	7,019	31,360	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	7,127	32,184	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	7,234	32,869	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	7,343	33,661	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	7,452	34,542	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	7,560	33,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	7,666	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.