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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	Qatar	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	273	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	274	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	275	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	276	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	278	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	279	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	280	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	281	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	282	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	283	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	285	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	286	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	287	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	289	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	290	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	291	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	291	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	292	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	293	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	294	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	294	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	295	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	295	108,171

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 Qatar, Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.