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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	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.