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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	Haiti	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,121	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,279	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,430	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,580	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,739	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,900	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,061	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,216	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,364	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,508	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,652	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,553	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,670	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,793	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,922	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,047	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,254	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,486	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,647	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,788	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,933	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,077	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,215	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,349	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.

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