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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	Qatar	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	2,403

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