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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	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	5,322	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	5,339	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	5,358	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	5,377	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	5,391	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	5,404	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	5,420	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	5,438	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	5,461	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	5,494	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	5,524	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	5,548	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	5,571	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,592	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,614	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,644	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,683	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,730	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,766	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,795	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,818	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	5,831	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	5,855	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	5,907	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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.