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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	Lebanon	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	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

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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