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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	Nepal	Laos	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	5,286	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	5,397	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	5,499	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	5,578	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	5,654	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	5,746	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	5,836	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	5,931	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	6,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	6,145	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	6,257	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	6,368	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	6,477	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	6,586	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	6,695	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	6,804	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	6,912	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	7,019	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	7,127	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	7,234	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	7,343	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	7,452	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	7,560	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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 Nepal, Laos, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.