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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	Mongolia	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	2,433	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	2,461	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	2,489	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	2,519	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	2,547	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	2,574	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	2,602	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	2,633	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	2,666	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	2,702	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	2,741	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	2,783	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	2,827	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	2,870	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	2,912	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	2,953	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	2,993	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	3,031	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	3,068	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	3,103	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	3,171	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	3,231	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	3,284	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	3,333	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 Mongolia, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.