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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	627	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	659	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	691	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	724	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	757	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	850	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	1,001	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	1,153	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	1,306	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	1,460	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	1,615	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	1,770	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	1,904	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	2,010	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	2,103	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	2,187	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	2,261	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	2,326	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	2,384	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	2,435	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	2,480	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	2,519	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	2,553	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	2,559	39,252

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.