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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	9,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.