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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaQatarAlbania
51,1816273,085
52,7826593,065
54,4536913,047
56,1707243,038
57,8607573,026
59,5998503,014
61,4741,0012,998
63,4791,1532,979
65,5901,3062,957
67,8001,4602,934
70,1141,6152,915
72,5501,7702,900
75,1381,9042,892
77,7922,0102,888
80,5342,1032,882
83,3682,1872,876
86,2292,2612,868
89,1932,3262,863
92,2092,3842,861
95,2322,4352,854
98,3202,4802,842
101,4992,5192,825
104,7672,5532,799
108,1712,5592,787

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, Qatar, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.