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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Venezuela	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	23,188	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	23,601	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	24,011	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	24,425	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	24,841	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	25,255	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	25,667	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	26,079	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	26,589	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	27,098	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	27,510	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	27,920	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	28,327	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	28,722	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	29,111	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	29,418	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	29,693	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	29,961	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	29,856	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,858	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	27,921	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	27,871	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	28,316	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	28,418	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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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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.