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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	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	7,666	108,171

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