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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	Tanzania	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	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 Tanzania, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.