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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	651	108,171	21,889	7,666

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.

All data sources

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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.