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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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	108,171	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.

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