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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	108,171	21,889	530

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.

All data sources

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.