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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	Namibia	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	1,841	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	1,893	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	1,945	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	1,981	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	2,008	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	2,034	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	2,060	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	2,086	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	2,113	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	2,141	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	2,170	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	2,201	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	2,232	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	2,268	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	2,312	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	2,360	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	2,408	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	2,456	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	2,505	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	2,554	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	2,602	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	2,651	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	2,700	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	2,739	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

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