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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	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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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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.