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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	4,244	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	4,199	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	4,154	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	4,108	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	4,059	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	4,013	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	3,966	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	3,919	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	3,873	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	3,829	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	3,788	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	3,748	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	3,709	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	3,671	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	3,633	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	3,595	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	3,558	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,522	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,485	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,448	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,412	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,376	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,339	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,570	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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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 Moldova, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.