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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 LithuaniaLaosCongo - Kinshasa
3,4195,28651,181
3,3955,39752,782
3,3675,49954,453
3,3405,57856,170
3,3135,65457,860
3,2765,74659,599
3,2235,83661,474
3,1725,93163,479
3,1346,03565,590
3,1026,14567,800
3,0686,25770,114
3,0046,36872,550
2,9376,47775,138
2,8986,58677,792
2,8696,69580,534
2,8446,80483,368
2,8186,91286,229
2,7827,01989,193
2,7447,12792,209
2,7187,23495,232
2,7107,34398,320
2,7117,452101,499
2,7247,560104,767
2,7487,666108,171

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