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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	530

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