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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	627	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	659	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	691	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	724	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	757	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	850	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,001	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,153	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,306	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,460	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,615	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,770	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,904	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	2,010	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	2,103	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	2,187	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	2,261	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	2,326	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	2,384	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	2,435	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	2,480	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	2,519	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	2,553	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	2,559	31,058

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