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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	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	818
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	826
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	835
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	845
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	867
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	879
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	894
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	913
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	937
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	962
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	988
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	1,087

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