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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	Paraguay	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	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 Paraguay, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.