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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	Norway	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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