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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	Cuba	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	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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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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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