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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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	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 Latvia, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.