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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	3,570

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