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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	627	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	659	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	691	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	724	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	757	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	850	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	1,001	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	1,153	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	1,306	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	1,460	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	1,615	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	1,770	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	1,904	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	2,010	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	2,103	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	2,187	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	2,261	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	2,326	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	2,384	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	2,435	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	2,480	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	2,519	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	2,553	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	2,559	108,171

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.

All data sources

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