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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CambodiaCongo - KinshasaQatar
12,12251,181627
12,31752,782659
12,50454,453691
12,69156,170724
12,88157,860757
13,07659,599850
13,27661,4741,001
13,46163,4791,153
13,63065,5901,306
13,80867,8001,460
13,99070,1141,615
14,16272,5501,770
14,32275,1381,904
14,48077,7922,010
14,63780,5342,103
14,79383,3682,187
14,99486,2292,261
15,23889,1932,326
15,48092,2092,384
15,71795,2322,435
15,94498,3202,480
16,149101,4992,519
16,338104,7672,553
16,514108,1712,559

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