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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	Ethiopia	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	63,575	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	65,213	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	66,889	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	68,649	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	70,491	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	72,389	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	74,327	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	76,326	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	78,411	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,564	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	82,787	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	85,096	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	87,530	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	90,066	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	92,632	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	95,337	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	98,114	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	100,858	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	103,654	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	106,466	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	109,267	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	112,100	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	114,964	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	117,924	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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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, Ethiopia, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.