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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	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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