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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	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.