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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	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	627	6,461	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	659	6,677	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	691	6,902	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	724	7,130	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	757	7,360	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	850	7,589	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	7,838	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	8,089	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	8,335	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	8,603	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	8,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	9,179	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	9,486	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	9,805	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	10,135	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	10,480	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	10,842	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	11,220	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	11,613	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	12,018	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	12,370	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	12,725	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	13,081	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	13,439	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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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, Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.