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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	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	2,559

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.