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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	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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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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 Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.