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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	Germany	Bulgaria	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	8,091	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	8,052	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	7,798	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	7,755	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	7,710	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	7,668	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	7,628	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	7,587	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	7,549	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	7,513	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	7,475	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	7,425	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	7,242	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	7,200	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	7,160	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	7,119	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	7,074	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,024	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	6,973	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	6,923	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	6,874	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	6,833	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	6,778	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	6,720	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Bulgaria

1892-1945: Ivanov, M. (2006). “Bulgarian National Income between 1892 and 1924,” Bulgarian National Discussion Papers DP/54/2006

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.