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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	Costa Rica	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,785	627	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,867	659	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,951	691	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,021	724	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	4,079	757	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	4,145	850	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	4,212	1,001	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	4,278	1,153	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	4,338	1,306	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,400	1,460	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,467	1,615	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,544	1,770	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,587	1,904	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,648	2,010	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,707	2,103	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	4,768	2,187	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	4,827	2,261	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	4,885	2,326	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	4,942	2,384	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	4,998	2,435	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,052	2,480	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,105	2,519	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,158	2,553	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,185	2,559	108,171

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 Costa Rica, Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.