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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	Eswatini	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	1,033	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	1,032	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	1,030	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	1,028	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	1,026	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	1,025	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	1,023	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	1,021	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	1,019	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	1,017	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	1,017	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	1,019	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	1,024	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	1,032	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	1,041	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	1,051	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	1,060	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	1,069	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	1,078	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	1,087	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	1,096	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	1,106	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	1,117	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	1,126	2,559

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, Eswatini, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.