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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Venezuela	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	23,188	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	23,601	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	24,011	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	24,425	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	24,841	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	25,255	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	25,667	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	26,079	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	26,589	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	27,098	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	27,510	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	27,920	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	28,327	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	28,722	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	29,111	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	29,418	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	29,693	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	29,961	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	29,856	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	28,858	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	27,921	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	27,871	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	28,316	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	28,418	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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.