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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	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	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 Sierra Leone, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.