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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	Central African Republic	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	3,889	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	3,980	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	4,054	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	4,128	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	4,215	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	4,289	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	4,363	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	4,449	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	4,544	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	4,641	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	4,742	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	4,845	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	4,950	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,057	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,167	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,278	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,392	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,507	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,625	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,745	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,874	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	6,025	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	6,154	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	6,291	108,171	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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.